Pipe connection structure in endoscope and producing method thereof

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PATENT NO 9661985
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12354910

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A pipe connection structure for an endoscope is provided with a pipe made of a corrosion-resistant alloy material, and a piping block made of a corrosion-resistant alloy material, the piping block having a pipe insertion hole. An end of the pipe is fitted in the pipe insertion hole and the pipe and the piping block are connected by welding by irradiating a laser beam on the entire circumference of an area where the end of the pipe is fitted in the hole formed on the piping block. An axial length of the pipe inserted in the pipe insertion hole is in a range of 0.5 to 2 times a wall thickness of the pipe.

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HOYA CORPORATION6-10-1 NISHI-SHINJUKU SHINJUKU-KU TOKYO 1608347 ?1608347

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Maruyama, Yoshinori Saitama, JP 24 326

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