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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Nobuyoshi Yazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Fuminori Tanahashi, Shirakawa, JP;
Masami Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Takao Yamaguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuroda, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Takekoshi, Hachioji, JP;
Nobuyoshi Yazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Fuminori Tanahashi, Shirakawa, JP;
Masami Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Takao Yamaguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuroda, Hachioji, JP;
Satoshi Takekoshi, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit in which an imaging optical unit that contains at least one optical lens in a rigid member the one end side of which is airtightly sealed is airtightly joined to an imaging element unit that contains at least one imaging element in a rigid member the one end side of which is airtightly sealed through a tubular member to which a bellows portion having an elastic force is formed.