ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,242, issued on May 6, was assigned to Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. (Tokyo).
"Camera head" was invented by Atsuomi Ohno (Tokyo) and Takuya Taniguchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera head includes: a casing including an opening and configured to receive a subject image introduced inside through the opening; an image sensor housed in the casing and configured to capture the subject image; an optical element made of a translucent material and fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the opening by brazing with solder to airtightly seal inside of the casing; and a watertight sealing member fixed to the casing and ...