BRAIDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDE

    公开(公告)号:US20220283357A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17750657

    申请日:2022-05-23

    Abstract: A braider includes: a plurality of cylindrical bobbins around which flat foil yarns are wound so as not to be inverted; a plurality of carriers to which the bobbins are rotatably attached, the plurality of carriers being configured to feed out the flat foil yarns from the bobbins; a core material supply mechanism configured to supply a core material to be placed inside the outer conductor; a waveguide take-out mechanism configured to take out the flexible waveguide after the outer conductor is formed; and a carrier movement determination mechanism configured to determine movement of the carriers so that there are always three or more cross points formed by the individual flat foil yarns with other ones of the flat foil yarns in an enlarged portion before the flat foil yarns form a braided shape.

    CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF WAVEGUIDE, WAVEGUIDE CONNECTOR, MODE CONVERTER, AND WAVEGUIDE UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20220285815A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17824034

    申请日:2022-05-25

    Abstract: A connection structure of a waveguide includes a rod-like dielectric, and an outer conductor. A three-dimensional component includes a connection surface, an insertion hole, and a corner which forms an opening edge of the insertion hole over an entire circumference on the connection surface, the connection surface at least partially including a conductive region to which a connection enlarged portion of the outer conductor is connected, the insertion hole having conductivity over an entire circumference of an inner surface, the corner having conductivity and being conducted with the inner surface of the insertion hole. In a state where the waveguide and the three-dimensional component are connected with each other, the connection enlarged portion is electrically conducted with the inner surface of the insertion hole through electrical connection with the connection surface and the corner, and smooth connection is made at the corner.

    WAVEGUIDE CONNECTING STRUCTURE, WAVEGUIDE CONNECTOR, WAVEGUIDE UNIT, MODE CONVERTER, IMAGING DEVICE, AND ENDOSCOPE

    公开(公告)号:US20220190458A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:US17683626

    申请日:2022-03-01

    Inventor: Tadashi WATANABE

    Abstract: 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 included in the first waveguide, the external conductor covering an outer periphery of the dielectric body; and a three-dimensional body configured to hold the dielectric body, and the second waveguide or the transmitting and receiving device, the three-dimensional body having electric conductivity inside an insertion hole holding the first waveguide, and the external conductor of the first waveguide including a radially spread portion that has been radially spread, the radially spread portion being where the first waveguide and the three-dimensional body are connected to each other.

    ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM
    5.
    发明公开
    ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230233061A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US18295499

    申请日:2023-04-04

    Inventor: Tadashi WATANABE

    Abstract: An endoscope system includes: an endoscope including an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; a distance measurement unit configured to measure a distance between the insertion portion and an object by transmitting and receiving millimeter waves or submillimeter waves; and a flexible waveguide that has one end that is connected to the distance measurement unit and another end that is exposed to outside from a distal end of the insertion portion, the flexible waveguide being configured to propagates the millimeter waves or submillimeter waves transmitted and received by the distance measurement unit.

    INSERTION DEVICE
    6.
    发明公开
    INSERTION DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230346209A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US18219789

    申请日:2023-07-10

    Inventor: Tadashi WATANABE

    CPC classification number: A61B1/0676 A61B1/0646

    Abstract: An insertion device includes: an insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject; an imaging unit that includes an imaging element and an optical element and that is arranged at a distal end of the insertion portion, the imaging unit being configured to capture an internal image of the subject to generate an image signal; a transmitter that is arranged adjacent to a proximal end side of the imaging unit in the insertion portion, the transmitter being configured to transmit the image signal using millimeter waves or submillimeter waves; and a waveguide that is arranged on a proximal end side of the transmitter in the insertion portion and at a position distant from the transmitter with a distal end surface of the waveguide facing the transmitter, the waveguide being configured to propagate the millimeter waves or submillimeter waves.

    WAVEGUIDE, IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS INCLUDING WAVEGUIDE, ENDOSCOPE INCLUDING WAVEGUIDE, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200060513A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-27

    申请号:US16672396

    申请日:2019-11-01

    Abstract: A flexible waveguide includes an inner dielectric, and a flexible external conductor disposed in a position covering an outer periphery of the dielectric, the flexible waveguide conducting a radio wave in a frequency band equal to or longer than a millimeter wave or a submillimeter wave near 60 GHz or more. The external conductor includes a metal layer, the metal layer has a shape displacement structure, a shape of an inner periphery side section of which faces the inner dielectric and is cyclic in the waveguide longitudinal direction, the shape displacement structure being a cyclic structure satisfying λmr

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