Patents by Inventor Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11925324Abstract: An insertion apparatus includes: a base member, a rotary shaft, and a driven member including a hole. A plurality of concave portions are formed on the rotary shaft, and a pair of side wall surfaces which form each of the plurality of concave portions are disposed so as to intersect with each other at a right angle or at an obtuse angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Kato, Takuya Toyooka, Fumitoshi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11877724Abstract: A distal end member of an insertion apparatus includes: a base; a recessed portion which is recessed on a surface of the base; an opening forming surface formed on a surface of the base so as to surround a periphery of an opening of the recessed portion; and a lid member with a plate shape including a contact surface which is larger than the opening of the recessed portion and is brought into contact with the opening forming surface, the lid member closing the opening of the recessed portion by bringing the contact surface into contact with the opening forming surface. The lid member is formed so as to expose at least a portion of a side surface of the lid member disposed adjacently to the contact surface of the lid member to an outer surface of the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Fumitoshi Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20230277038Abstract: A distal end cover includes a cover body having a cylindrical shape. The cover body includes first and second body portions, a first opening formed in the first body portion and the second body portion, a second opening that can receive a distal end portion of an insertion portion of an endoscope and is formed on a side opposite to the first body portion with respect to the second body portion, a finger hook portion forming a portion of the first opening, a first thin wall portion forming a portion of the first opening, and a second thin wall portion. When a load is applied to the finger hook portion to expand the first opening, a force in a tensile direction is applied to the first thin wall portion, and a force in a shearing direction is applied to the second thin wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.Inventors: Takahiro SUMI, Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
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Patent number: 11672406Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope including an insertion section, a distal end member disposed on a distal end portion of the insertion section, and a ring-shaped insulation member disposed on a proximal end side of the distal end member and a distal end cover including an opening that allows exposure of a portion of the distal end member and an inner peripheral surface disposed on a proximal end side with respect to the opening and in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the insulation member. The outer peripheral surface of the insulation member and the inner peripheral surface of the distal end cover in close contact with the outer peripheral surface are formed in a shape formed by connecting a plurality of curved surfaces having different curvatures about the axis over an entire circumference about the axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Fumitoshi Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11266301Abstract: An inserting apparatus of the present invention includes a base provided in an insertion section, a first recess provided in the base, an opening forming surface formed around the first recess, a movable member configured to move in the first recess, a tabular lid member configured to close an opening of the first recess, a second recess provided in the lid member, a wall surface provided on the base, and opposed to at least a part of a side surface of the lid member in a state in which the contact surface is in contact with the opening forming surface, a fixing resin fixing the lid member to the base, and one or a plurality of protrusions provided on the side surface, having thickness smaller than thickness in the side surface of the lid member, and projecting toward the wall surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Fumitoshi Hayakawa, Akihiro Kato, Kazuki Minamimoto
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Patent number: 11147433Abstract: A distal end cover for endoscope according to an aspect of the present invention that is configured to be mounted on a distal end member provided with a raising stand of an insertion portion of the endoscope to cover a part of the distal end member, and has an opening portion through which a space accommodating the raising stand is exposed to an outside, is provided with a break inducing portion having a notch portion formed at a periphery portion on a distal end side of the opening portion, and a thin wall portion that is connected to the notch portion at a distal end of the thin wall portion, and extends in a proximal end direction, a rotation stopping portion that suppresses rotation of the distal end cover relative to the distal end member and a finger hooking portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Fumitoshi Hayakawa
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Publication number: 20200352414Abstract: An inserting apparatus includes a base, a first recess, an opening forming surface, a movable member, a tabular lid member including a contact surface, the lid member closing an opening of the first recess, a second recess provided on the contact surface of the lid member, fixing resin for fixing the lid member to the base, and a third recess being a cutout recessed from a sidewall of at least one of the first recess and the second recess along a boundary between the opening fanning surface and the contact surface and including, on an inner surface, the boundary between the opening forming surface and the contact surface. The opening arming surface of the base and the contact surface of the second recess are provided at least on one side of both ends defining a moving range, the moving range being a range in which the movable member moves.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA, Akihiro KATO, Kazuki MINAMIMOTO
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Publication number: 20200352419Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope including an insertion section, a distal end member disposed on a distal end portion of the insertion section, and a ring-shaped insulation member disposed on a proximal end side of the distal end member and a distal end cover including an opening that allows exposure of a portion of the distal end member and an inner peripheral surface disposed on a proximal end side with respect to the opening and in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the insulation member. The outer peripheral surface of the insulation member and the inner peripheral surface of the distal end cover in close contact with the outer peripheral surface are formed in a shape formed by connecting a plurality of curved surfaces having different curvatures about the axis over an entire circumference about the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20200352418Abstract: An inserting apparatus of the present invention includes a base provided in an insertion section, a first recess provided in the base, an opening forming surface formed around the first recess, a movable member configured to move in the first recess, a tabular lid member configured to close an opening of the first recess, a second recess provided in the lid member, a wall surface provided on the base, and opposed to at least a part of a side surface of the lid member in a state in which the contact surface is in contact with the opening forming surface, a fixing resin fixing the lid member to the base, and one or a plurality of protrusions provided on the side surface, having thickness smaller than thickness in the side surface of the lid member, and projecting toward the wall surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA, Akihiro KATO, Kazuki MINAMIMOTO
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Publication number: 20200352421Abstract: An insertion apparatus includes: a base member, a rotary shaft, and a driven member including a hole. A plurality of concave portions are formed on the rotary shaft, and a pair of side wall surfaces which form each of the plurality of concave portions are disposed so as to intersect with each other at a right angle or at an obtuse angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro KATO, Takuya TOYOOKA, Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20200352423Abstract: A distal end member of an insertion apparatus includes: a base; a recessed portion which is recessed on a surface of the base; an opening forming surface formed on a surface of the base so as to surround a periphery of an opening of the recessed portion; and a lid member with a plate shape including a contact surface which is larger than the opening of the recessed portion and is brought into contact with the opening forming surface, the lid member closing the opening of the recessed portion by bringing the contact surface into contact with the opening forming surface. The lid member is formed so as to expose at least a portion of a side surface of the lid member disposed adjacently to the contact surface of the lid member to an outer surface of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20200008658Abstract: A distal end cover for an endoscope molded by injecting resin into a mold for molding, attached to a distal end member of an insertion portion in the endoscope, a raising base being provided in the distal end member , covering at least a part of the distal end member, and having an opening portion configured to expose a space in which the raising base is housed to an outside, includes a thin portion having one end connected to a periphery portion of the opening portion and extending linearly and two resin injection gate marks disposed in such a manner that the thin portion is located between the two resin injection gate marks, in which the two resin injection gate marks are disposed at positions where the resin injected into a cavity through a gate of the mold forms a weld line along the thin portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20190216299Abstract: A distal end cover for endoscope according to an aspect of the present invention that is configured to be mounted on a distal end member provided with a raising stand of an insertion portion of the endoscope to cover a part of the distal end member, and has an opening portion through which a space accommodating the raising stand is exposed to an outside, is provided with a break inducing portion having a notch portion formed at a periphery portion on a distal end side of the opening portion, and a thin wall portion that is connected to the notch portion at a distal end of the thin wall portion, and extends in a proximal end direction, a rotation stopping portion that suppresses rotation of the distal end cover relative to the distal end member and a finger hooking portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA