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).

  • Patent number: 11925324
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Kato, Takuya Toyooka, Fumitoshi Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11877724
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20230277038
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Takahiro SUMI, Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 11672406
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 11266301
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Hayakawa, Akihiro Kato, Kazuki Minamimoto
  • Patent number: 11147433
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20200352414
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA, Akihiro KATO, Kazuki MINAMIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200352419
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200352418
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA, Akihiro KATO, Kazuki MINAMIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200352421
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro KATO, Takuya TOYOOKA, Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200352423
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200008658
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190216299
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fumitoshi HAYAKAWA