US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on July 8 for "Elastically configured waveguide connecting structure usable in a waveguide connector, a waveguide unit, a mode converter, an imaging device and an endoscope" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,126, issued on July 8, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Elastically configured waveguide connecting structure usable in a waveguide connector, a waveguide unit, a mode converter, an imaging device and an endoscope" was invented by Tadashi Watanabe (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a waveguide connecting structure of connecting a first waveguide to a second waveguide, or to a transmitting and receiving device. The waveguide connecting structure included: an elastic body configured to cause an external conductor to closely contact a dielectric body, the external conductor and the dielectric body being incl...