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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:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenichi Iriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/06 ;
Abstract
In a lightguide connector joint for an endoscopic system, the shape and dimensions of a lightguide connector ( ) are determined in accordance with the size of the entrance end face ( ) of a lightguide ( ) such that the smaller the size of the entrance end face ( ), the closer to the converging position of the rays of illuminating light is the position of the entrance end face ( ) that is established when the lightguide connector ( ) is connected to a connector receptacle ( ).