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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Naoyuki Haraguchi, Saga, JP;
Yousuke Kawauchi, Fukuoka, JP;
Tooru Tanaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Nagayasu, Fukuoka, JP;
Ken Shimonosono, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuyuki Takano, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
An endoscope having an insertion portion to be inserted into an object to be observed, includes: a substantially tubular holder member mounted to the insertion portion and having an open front end portion including a shoulder surface surrounded by an axial wall; a lens barrel holding an objective lens system and received in the holder member; and a light-transmissive closure member fitted into a front opening defined by the axial wall, and fixed to the front opening by a bonding agent interposed between an outer circumferential surface of the closure member and an opposing inner circumferential surface of the open front end portion of the holder member, wherein a space axially adjoining the shoulder surface is defined between an outer circumferential surface of a front end portion of the lens barrel and an opposing inner circumferential surface of the holder member.