Patent ID: 11895381
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An image pickup apparatus for use with an endoscope, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image pickup member provided with an image sensor;
a first optical member comprising one or more first optical elements stacked in an optical axis direction, the first optical member comprising:
one or more first side faces parallel to the optical axis direction; and
a first trench formed on at least one of the one or more first side faces, each first trench extending from the at least one of the one or more first side faces to a first bottom surface;

a second optical member comprising one or more second optical elements stacked in the optical axis direction, the second optical member being at least indirectly stacked with the first optical member in the optical axis direction, the second optical member comprising:
one or more second side faces parallel to the optical axis direction; and
a second trench formed on at least one of the one or more second side faces, each second trench extending from the at least one of the one or more second side faces to a second bottom surface, wherein the first trench and the second trench including common portions overlapping in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction; and

a sealing resin disposed in each of the first trench, the second trench and the common portions;
wherein the image pickup member is at least indirectly stacked with the first optical member and the second optical member in the optical axis direction.