OPTICAL PROBE AND METHOD OF ATTACHING OPTICAL PROBE

摘要

An optical probe includes an optical fiber that rotates around an axis of rotation and that transmits light; an optical connector that is connected to an end face of the optical fiber and that rotates together with the optical fiber; a supporting tube that surrounds the optical fiber and that rotates together with the optical fiber; a jacket tube that covers the supporting tube; an inner shell that is attached to the supporting tube, that surrounds the optical connector around the axis of rotation, and that rotates together with the optical fiber; an outer shell that is attached to the jacket tube and that surrounds the inner shell; and an elastic body that elastically deforms between the inner shell and the outer shell.

主权项

1. An optical probe comprising:
an optical fiber that rotates around an axis of rotation and that transmits light; an optical connector that is connected to an end face of the optical fiber and that rotates together with the optical fiber around the axis of rotation; a supporting tube that surrounds the optical fiber and that rotates together with the optical fiber around the axis of rotation; a jacket tube that covers the supporting tube; an inner shell that is attached to the supporting tube, that surrounds the optical connector around the axis of rotation, and that rotates together with the optical fiber around the axis of rotation; an outer shell that is attached to the jacket tube and that surrounds the inner shell around the axis of rotation; and an elastic body that is attached to one of the inner shell and the outer shell and that elastically deforms between the inner shell and the outer shell.