Patent ID: 11925312
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. The endoscope according to claim 3, wherein
the power relay mechanism includes a relay unit rotation shaft, and a relay unit holding frame which covers an outer periphery of the relay unit rotation shaft, the relay unit holding frame being coaxial with the relay unit rotation shaft in the second power transmission shaft direction, and being non-rotatable,
the power generation device includes a generation unit rotation shaft, and a generation unit holding frame which covers an outer periphery of the generation unit rotation shaft, the generation unit holding frame being coaxial with the generation unit rotation shaft in the second power transmission shaft direction, and being non-rotatable,
the relay unit holding frame has the one of the cam groove or the cam protrusion, and the generation unit holding frame has the other of the cam groove or the cam protrusion, and
in a state where the cam protrusion is fitted into the cam groove, the relay unit holding frame independently rotates relative to the relay unit rotation shaft, and the generation unit holding frame independently rotates relative to the generation unit rotation shaft.