US 12,435,834 B2
Holding member, injection device, and insertion direction guide method
Tetsuhiro Takenaka, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/770,258.
Application 18/770,258 is a continuation of application No. 18/147,077, filed on Dec. 28, 2022, granted, now 12,117,123.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-013029 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0369182 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16B 2/00 (2006.01); F16N 3/10 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC F16N 3/10 (2013.01) [F16B 2/005 (2013.01); F16C 2361/43 (2013.01); F16D 2300/06 (2013.01); F16N 2210/00 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A holding member configured to hold an injection portion and an imaging unit of an insertion portion in a state in which the injection portion and the imaging unit are fixed, the insertion portion being configured to be inserted toward a corresponding portion in a narrow space while being gripped by an operator, and the injection portion having a cylindrical shape and being provided with a fluid substance injection port at a tip end portion, and the imaging unit having a cylindrical shape and being configured to capture an image including the tip end portion of the injection portion and a surrounding environment of the tip end portion, the holding member comprising:
an injection-portion insertion portion configured such that the injection portion is fixed to the injection-portion insertion portion; and
an imaging-unit insertion portion configured such that the imaging unit is fixed to the imaging-unit insertion portion,
wherein the injection-portion insertion portion and the imaging-unit insertion portion are made of an elastically deformable member.