US 2020/0268235 A1Published application

Endoscope with camera module turning function

AssigneesIEI Integration Corp., Armorline SH Corp.

InventorCHIN-CHIA CHANG

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Abstract

An endoscope with a camera module turning function is revealed. The endoscope includes a housing provided with a mounting slot and an output portion, an insertion tube connected to the output portion, a bending member connected to the insertion tube and having a first upper turning hole and a lower turning hole, a first upper string passed through the first upper turning hole of the bending member and mounted in the insertion tube, a lower string passed through the lower turning hole of the bending member and disposed in the insertion tube, a first roller provided with a first string groove on the circumference thereof, a control member provided with a pin and a connecting rod, and an elastic member fixed on the housing and connected to the lower string. The pin is connected to the first roller while the connecting rod is connected to the pin and a control button.

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Dependent claims

An endoscope with a camera module turning function comprising:

a housing having a mounting slot that is located on an upper end thereof and provided a first insertion hole, and an output portion provided with an output tube which is hollow and located on the front end of the housing;
an insertion tube that is hollow and having one end connected to the output portion;
a bending member having one end thereof connected to the other end of the insertion tube, the other end thereof provided with a camera module, and two symmetrical tube walls of the bending member provided with an upper turning hole and a lower turning hole, respectively;
a first upper string passed through the upper turning hole on one of the tube walls of the bending member and mounted in the insertion tube;
a lower string that is arranged symmetrically to the first upper string, passed through the lower turning hole on the other tube wall of the bending member and located in the insertion tube;
a first roller that is provided with a first string groove on the circumference thereof and one end of the first upper string is connected to the first string groove;
a control member that is composed of a pin having one end inserted through the first insertion hole of the mounting slot and connected to the center of the first roller, a connecting rod with one end thereof perpendicular and connected to the pin, and a control button connected to the other end of the connecting rod;
and
an elastic member that includes one end thereof fixed on the housing and the other end thereof connected to the lower string.

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An endoscope with a camera module turning function comprising:

a housing having a mounting slot that is located on an upper end thereof and provided a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole, and an output portion provided with an output tube which is hollow and located on the front end of the housing;
an insertion tube that is hollow and having one end connected to the output portion;
a bending member having one end thereof connected to the other end of the insertion tube and the other end thereof provided with a camera module;
an upper tube wall of the bending member being provided with a first upper turning hole and a second upper turning hole while a lower tube wall of the bending member being provided with a lower turning hole that is aligned within area between the first upper turning hole and the second upper turning hole;
a first upper string passed through the first upper turning hole of the bending member and mounted in the insertion tube;
a second upper string passed through the second upper turning hole of the bending member and mounted in the insertion tube;
a lower string passed through the lower turning hole of the bending member and located in the insertion tube;
a first roller that is provided with a first string groove on the circumference thereof and one end of the first upper string is connected to the first string groove;
a second roller that is aligned with the first roller and having a second string groove on the circumference thereof while one end of the second upper string is connected to the second string groove;
a control member that is composed of a pin having two ends thereof inserted through the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole of the mounting slot and connected to the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller respectively, a connecting rod with one end thereof perpendicular and connected to the pin, and a control button connected to the other end of the connecting rod;
and
an elastic member that includes one end thereof fixed on the housing and the other end thereof connected to the lower string.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.