ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,774, issued on July 29, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).
"Endoscope imaging unit and endoscope" was invented by Koichi Shiotani (Hachioji, Japan), Takahiko Mitani (Hachioji, Japan) and Yuki Nakayama (Hachioji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope imaging unit includes: an objective lens including a first lens and a second lens; an imaging element configured to capture an image formed by the objective lens; a first lens frame configured to hold the first lens, the first lens frame including a lens barrel that holds the first lens and a flange portion that extends outward from an outer peripheral portion of the lens ...