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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kimihiko Nishioka, Hachiouji, JP;
Nobuo Yamashita, Hachiouji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350506 ; 350575 ; 350447 ; 128-7 ;
Abstract
A viewing-direction changing optical system comprising an optical fiber bundle, a reflecting means arranged to deflect the optical axis to a direction different from the axis of the optical fiber bundle, and lenses arranged in front and rear (the object side and image side) of the reflecting means, the viewing-direction changing optical system being arranged to change the viewing direction by sliding the reflecting means in the direction of optical axis.