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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2023
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Fuminori Tanahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kohtaro Amano, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope camera headincludes a first and a second membersthat are relatively rotatable about a first axis Ax. The first memberhas a first rotation-sliding surfacethat extends in an annular shape about the first axis Axas its center. The second memberhas a second rotation-sliding surfacethat engages with the first rotation-sliding surfacein a state in which movement to a direction of the first axis Axrelative to the first memberis restricted, and that rotation-slides relative to the first rotation-sliding surfaceabout the first axis Ax. The second rotation-sliding surfaceabuts only on a part of the first rotation-sliding surface, to expose a part of the first rotation-sliding surfaceoutside.