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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182010 | Robot hand and humanoid robot having the same Disclosed are a robot hand and a humanoid robot having the same. The robot hand includes a plurality of finger members and a base member to which one end of the finger members is rotatably coupled, respectively. The finger members are rotated through pneumatic press... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167345 | Robot hand and finger mechanism A robot hand converts the longitudinal extending and retracting motion of an actuating rod of a linear actuator into opening and closing motion of left and right first links via a link mechanism. The link mechanism includes left and right middle links composed of co... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8157308 | Gripping device for a robot A gripping device arranged for gripping an article 44, such as a food article, in particular a piece of meat, said gripping device 1 comprising at least two gripping parts 5, 7 pivotally suspended with respect to each other. At least one of the ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141924 | Gripper system A gripper system having a pair of jaws operable in a first plane and having a central closure axis; each jaw including a finger member and finger tip member disposed on its distal end; and a gripper drive assembly for moving the jaws toward and away from each other;... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141925 | Joint mechanism and joint device The joint mechanism includes a first link, a second link, a third link, a shaft supported on the second link to be rotatable about an axis thereof, and movable in an axis direction thereof, a first worm and a second worm mounted on the shaft, a first worm wheel in m... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8113557 | Wire gripper jaw drive A wire gripping assembly is provided with a pair of lever arms that are each movable between a gripping position and a release position. Each lever arm includes a plurality of engagement teeth that interact with drive teeth formed on a moving rack member. The rack m... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104808 | Dough ball lifter For use to enhance operations in a mechanized doughmaking facility, a dough ball lifter is comprised of a pair of opposing surrounds, having cutaways to minimize contact between the surrounds and the dough ball, and which lifter preferably is attachable to a robotic... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100451 | Multi-fingered robot hand A multi-fingered robot hand has a minimum required number of joints in finger mechanisms and is capable of stably grasping a variety of articles. The multi-fingered robot hand includes: a first palm portion provided with three finger mechanisms each connected by a r... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8083278 | Multi-fingered robotic hand A multi-fingered robotic hand comprises a base, a rotation member rotatably connected to an end of the base, a driving means, and a plurality of digits. The driving means is configured for driving the rotation member to rotate. Each digit comprises a proximal phalan... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8052185 | Robot hand with humanoid fingers A robotic hand with finger assemblies to better simulate human hand form factors and gestures. For each finger assembly, the robotic hand includes a finger drive assembly that is operable to selectively apply tension to four elongated and flexible tension elements (... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7980612 | Clamping assembly A clamping assembly for use in gripping an object. The clamping assembly includes a pair of opposed jaws, with each jaw having a pivot end pivotally attached to a frame structure, a clamp end opposite the pivot end, and a socket located between the clamp end and the... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7959199 | Finger unit for robot hand and method of assembling the same A multi-joint finger unit (1) has first and second joint sections (3, 5) constructed by using bevel gears. In each joint section (3, 5), the section where a driving bevel gear (10, 44) and a driven bevel gear (14, 56) mesh with eac... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7934758 | Systems and methods for connecting and adapting a grapple assembly A connecting and adapting system for interconnecting a pair of jaws of a grapple assembly and for adapting the grapple assembly for connecting to a plurality of linkages. The system includes bearings, where the bearings have a flange, an elongated section, and a bor... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7922226 | Compensating gripper with independent gripper adjustment A gripping device for gripping a printed product including a rotatable first gripper arm having a first gripper pad and a pivot, a rotatable second gripper arm having a second gripper pad and a pivot, a first link connecting the first gripper arm and second gripper ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7789443 | Workpiece gripping device A gripper for use with a robot includes a support body for removably attaching the gripper to a moveable arm and a workpiece contact body having a groove extending along at least a portion of the contact body for engaging a curved outer edge of the workpiece. A coup... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7766405 | Robot hand apparatus A robot hand apparatus (1) includes four of finger mechanisms (20) each elongates from a base (10), a motor (30) actuating each finger mechanism (20), four of rotation rollers (50) each connects with corresponding finger mec... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7735887 | Robot hand apparatus A robot hand apparatus (1) includes a base (2); a motor (M); a first-link (10) supported by the base (2) while allowing the rotation around a first axis (S1), which is in parallel to an actuation axis (G) of the motor (M) and is po... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7673916 | End effectors An end effector includes a base part and a first member. The first member includes first, second, and third serially articulated struts. The first strut articulates with the base part for relative angular displacement about a first pitch axis and about a first roll ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661739 | Gripper for containers and container handling machine A gripper for containers, in particular for those having at least partially a circular cross section, such as bottles, the gripper having a first, a second and a third swiveling lever which can grip a container in a first, a second and a third position, respectively... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7631914 | Adjustable gripper pad with eccentric bore A device for gripping products including a first gripper arm having a first gripper pad, and a second gripper arm having a second gripper pad, the first gripper pad having a bore and an outer surface being eccentric with respect to the bore. A method is also provide... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7614673 | Conforming artificial finger mechanism A prosthetic finger includes a crossed four (4) bar linkage system having a base formed by a base bar, two cross bars, and an interface bar that engages an object to be held. The base bar is fixed to an artificial finger of an amputee. A first cross bar has a first ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7556300 | Finger unit for robot hand A finger unit of a robot hand has a first rotational actuator, a first finger joint part, a first finger linkage, a second finger joint part, and a second finger linkage that are connected in this order. A second rotational actuator is attached to the first finger l... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7556299 | Finger unit and multi-finger grasping mechanism A multi-finger grasping mechanism (300), comprising three two-joint finger units (1-1 to 1-3). Each two-joint finger unit further comprises a finger root part (2), a finger root side joint part (5), a finger intermedi... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7549688 | Robot hand In a robot hand , at least one finger link thereof is configured to comprise a first member , a second member adhered to a surface of the first member and a third member covering at least the second member and a rigidity of the second member is made smaller than the... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7490883 | Apparatus for transporting trays An apparatus comprising a gripper frame, connected with an arm or beam for displacing the gripper frame, two gripper blades which are rotatably connected with the gripper frame, two supporting strips each connected along hinges extending substantially in horizontal ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7472937 | Method and apparatus for gripping containers An apparatus and method for gripping containers, each having a circumference, for dumping material in a material collection vehicle including more than one gripping mechanisms, wherein each of the gripping mechanisms can engage a container around at least one-half o... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7445260 | Gripping type hand A gripping type hand including a plurality of finger mechanisms provided respectively with finger joints, actuators for driving the finger joints, and links supported by the finger joints and operating under driving force of the actuators. The gripping type hand inc... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7412788 | Demolition claw A demolition claw has a support, a pivot pin mounted on the support and centered on and extending along an axis, and two jaws each having a hole through which the pivot pin extends so that the jaws can pivot on the support about the axis. The jaws have adjacent the ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7396059 | Structure of angular pneumatic gripper The invention concerns an angular pneumatic gripper structure having a body (11) formed of two symmetric and identical elements or shells (15) realized and finished individually using a forming process and then associated and attached face to face to f... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380850 | Holding structure for holding an object A holding structure, such as a manipulator, includes a plurality fingers. At least one of the fingers is movable such that an object can be held or released by a closing or opening motion of the movable finger. At least one contact surface of the fingers, which is c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370896 | Robotic hand with extendable palm A robotic hand comprises a base having fingers and a palm. The fingers define a working volume. The hand is able to grasp objects between the fingers and the palm by varying a distance from the palm to the working volume. Varying this distance can be achieved by eit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347657 | Simplified refuse collection apparatus Refuse collection apparatus including a collection container grasping mechanism and a lifting and dumping mechanism. The grasping mechanism includes a pair of grasping arms mounted for movement between an at-rest position and a grasping position, springs attached to... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344175 | Grabbing tool A multi-scoop grab, having at least one grab scoop (10) with at least one prong, wherein at least one wear element (16, 18, 20) is arranged at the at least one grab scoop (10) such that the main wear regions are covered by the at least one wear ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341295 | Prehensor device and improvements of same A prehensor is provided comprising embodiments of a variable mechanical advantage mechanism, the prehensor including a first mechanical advantage for sizing an object, and a second mechanical advantage for gripping the object. Embodiments of the variable mechanical ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331094 | Method and device for positioning components to be joined together A device for positioning components to be joined together, such as car body components, is characterized by at least one movable central module and a plurality of arms, movable in space and connected thereto and which in each case have at least one holding element f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322787 | Devices and methods for reversing, transporting, and processing substrates A substrate is supported on a plurality of substrate supporting pins mounted to a second movable member. Next, so as to bring the plurality of substrate supporting pins close to a plurality of substrate supporting pins mounted to a first movable member, the first mo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300083 | Tongs A first tong member includes a first 4-joint linkage, in which both pairs of opposite rods are substantially equal, in length, to each other; a second tong member likewise includes a second 4-joint linkage, in which both pairs of opposite rods are substantially equa... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300084 | Apparatus for conveying liquid crystal display panel An apparatus for convening a liquid crystal display panel for moving various size unit liquid crystal display panels. The present invention includes a horizontal driving unit controlling a revolution of a motor, a plurality of screw shafts protruding out of the hori... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296835 | Robotic hand and arm apparatus A robotic hand and arm where the fingers are driven by rotational motors with drums, and pulled with cables using rolling friction. The hand extends into a robotic arm through a wrist wherein the wrist is controlled by pneumatic cylinders. Each finger preferably is ... | 11/20/2007 |
