Endoscope Mounting Member Integrating Locking and Detachment Mechanisms
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing mounting members for endoscopes have a complex structure with multiple parts, which increases weight and complicates assembly, necessitating a design that reduces the number of components while maintaining functionality.
Innovation Solution
A mounting member with a body portion, locking protrusion, detachable button, and spring mechanism, where the detachable button includes sliding portions and the body portion has guide portions to facilitate the attachment and detachment of the endoscope, reducing the number of parts by integrating functions within a single member.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the mounting member uses multiple stacked members fixed with screws, then the locking functionality is reliable, but the number of parts increases and assembly becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the locking protrusion, detachable button, and spring member into a single integrated body portion, eliminating the need for separate stacked members and screw connections. This merging maintains the locking functionality while significantly reducing the number of parts and simplifying the overall structure
2Reliability
If the mounting member uses multiple stacked members fixed with screws, then the locking functionality is reliable, but the weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
By combining multiple functional components into a single integrated body portion, the patent reduces the total material usage and component weight while maintaining all necessary locking and detachment functions
3Reliability
If the mounting member uses multiple stacked members fixed with screws, then the locking functionality is reliable, but the assembleability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated body portion design eliminates the need for screw assembly between stacked members, reducing assembly steps and improving manufacture ease while preserving the reliable locking mechanism through the unified structure
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design reduces the number of parts, simplifies assembly, and maintains the locking functionality, enhancing the overall efficiency and usability of the endoscopic device.
Implementation Method 1
a spring member is provided between the detachable button and the locking protrusion, and the spring member is deformed by pushing the detachable button so that the movable amount of the locking protrusion that advances or retreats with respect to the concave portion changes
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting member includes: a body portion provided in a camera head including an image sensor, the body portion being rotatable about a first axis that passes through the body portion and connectable with an endoscope; a locking protrusion provided in the body portion and configured to lock with the endoscope; a detachable button configured to be movable with respect to the body portion and control attachment and detachment of the endoscope to and from the body portion; and a spring whose load applied to the locking protrusion changes according to an advancing/retreating operation of the detachable button with respect to the body portion. The detachable button includes a sliding portion extending in an advancing/retreating direction with respect to the body portion and configured to slide with respect to the body portion. The body portion includes a guide portion configured to guide a moving direction of the sliding portion.