Patents Examined by Genja Williams
  • Patent number: 9867527
    Abstract: A heater unit includes a heater which is provided inside of a distal end portion of an endoscope insertion portion and which heats the inside to prevent fogging which occurs in an optical member provided the inside, a temperature sensor which measures the temperature of the inside and a flexible substrate. The heater unit further includes an insulating sealing portion which seals a mounting surface of the heater mounted on the flexible substrate, which seals the heater so that so that a joint surface of the heater that faces the mounting surface and that is joined to the lens frame is exposed and which seals the whole temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayuki Ide