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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Sekiguchi, Akiruno, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope insertion shape observation probe that is elongatedly formed along a longitudinal axis direction and is insertable into a channel provided in an endoscope insertion section or is incorporated in the endoscope insertion section includes an electronic component, a housing section having a recessed shape that houses the electronic component, a pair of electric connection sections provided in the housing section, a pair of electric connection terminal sections provided in the electronic component and engaged with and electrically connected to the electric connection sections, the electric connection terminal sections mechanically holding the electronic component in the housing section, a groove section formed in the housing section, and two attaching-direction defining terminal sections provided in the electronic component, the attaching-direction defining terminal sections engaging into the groove section and defining a direction around a longitudinal axis in which the electronic component is attached to the housing section.