Patents by Inventor Robert A. AILINGER

Robert A. AILINGER 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).

  • SPIRAL UNIT, INSERTION APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SPIRAL UNIT
    Publication number: 20160100743
    Abstract: A spiral unit includes a base tube extended along a longitudinal axis and made of a first thermoplastic resin, and a fin disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the base tube along a fin axis spirally extended around the longitudinal axis and made of a second thermoplastic resin. The fin includes a strip portion provided in a state of being bonded to the outer peripheral surface of the base tube and spirally extended along the fin axis. The second resin being mixed with a magnetic material in the strip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert A. AILINGER, James J. FRASSICA, Richard M. ANDREWS, Hiroaki MIYOSHI