Patents by Inventor Kohkichi Aomori

Kohkichi Aomori 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).

  • Endoscope
    Patent number: 5005558
    Abstract: An endoscope includes an operating body having a knob, a flexible insertion tube having a bending tube part, to be inserted into an object to be observed, and wires for bending the bending tube part by operating the knob. The bending tube part includes ring link members having a tubular form, and flexible connection members for coupling adjacent two ring link members at upper and lower or left and right sides thereof, alternately, to connect the ring link members with one another in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kohkichi Aomori