Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connector apparatus and endoscope apparatus provided with connector apparatus
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Application No.: US16853908Application Date: 2020-04-21
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Publication No.: US11495915B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Ryusuke Suzuki , Minoru Sato , So Matsuka
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2017-206977 20171026
- Main IPC: H01R13/641
- IPC: H01R13/641 ; A61B1/00 ; G02B23/24 ; H01R13/66

Abstract:
A connector apparatus of the present invention includes a receptacle into which a plug is inserted, a moving member configured to move in conjunction with insertion of the plug, and a sensor provided below the receptacle and configured to detect presence or absence of the plug in the receptacle, in which the moving member includes a first portion extending downward, a second portion, one end of which is connected to the first portion and another end of which is located above the one end, and a third portion, one end of which is connected to the second portion and configured to move in conjunction with the insertion of the plug to thereby switch between a first state in which the plug is disposed in a predetermined region and a second state in which the plug is not disposed in the predetermined region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200245849A1 CONNECTOR APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH CONNECTOR APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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