Abstract: An electric vehicle relay includes: a pair of fixed electrodes; a movable electrode movable to contact or to be separated from the fixed electrode; a driving shaft which performs a vertical motion as an upper end thereof is coupled to the movable electrode; a fixed core fitted into a central part of the driving shaft with a gap; a movable core coupled to a lower end of the driving shaft and sucked by a magnetic force of the fixed core; and a cylinder configured to insertion-support the fixed core and the movable core, wherein locking protrusions are formed on an outer circumferential surface of the movable core, wherein inclined grooves for inserting the locking protrusions are formed on an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, and wherein the movable electrode is rotated as the locking protrusions are moved along the inclined grooves when the movable core performs an up-down motion.
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to easily start to operate a body-insertable apparatus which is introduced into a subject and executes a predetermined function. In a capsule endoscope 3 of the invention, a magnetic switch 14 is arranged in a tubular capsule casing 16 of the capsule endoscope 3 in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis t direction of the capsule casing 16. A movable electrode of the magnetic switch 14 is brought into contact with a fixed electrode of the magnetic switch by a magnetic induction action by a magnetic field generated by a magnet 6, which is applied to the magnetic switch 14 from the outside of the capsule endoscope 3 in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis t direction of the capsule casing 16. As a result, electric power can be supplied from a power source unit to a function executing unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2006
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2011
Assignees:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Olympus Corporation