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Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8113083 | Device for displacing and positioning an object in space The invention relates to a device for displacing and positioning an object in a space, having at least three actuating arms that can pivot about a transmission axis. Each arm is connected to a motor unit/transmission unit. A carrier element is provided in order to a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109170 | Umbilical member motion limiting device and robot having the device An umbilical member motion limiting device is provided on a robot which has a forearm, a wrist portion, an operating tool attached to the end of the wrist portion, and the umbilical member connected to the operating tool through the forearm, for limiting the motion ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104372 | Horizontal multiple articulation type robot A horizontal multijoint type robot is so constructed that it comprises a first arm connected through a first joint shaft to a base, a second arm connected through a second joint shaft to the first arm, and a working shaft provided rotatably and movably up and down o... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8069746 | Auxiliary device for mechanical arm An auxiliary device for a mechanical arm includes a supporting base, two reciprocating engines, a rotational plate, and four suction members. The reciprocating engine includes a cylinder and a driving rod. The cylinder is configured for driving the driving rod linea... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8051741 | Managing structure for umbilical member of industrial robot A managing structure for an umbilical member includes a flexible conduit for leading an umbilical member inserted therein from a front arm of a robot to a working tool mounted on a wrist of the robot, a first conduit mounting portion provided adjacent to the front a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8020465 | Parallel spherical mechanism with two degrees of freedom A parallel spherical mechanism with two degrees of freedom for connecting a body to a fixed base in such a manner as to enable it to be oriented in three dimensions by turning about a first axis that is fixed relative to said fixed base, and about a second axis that... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7987742 | Transportation apparatus and tension adjustment method of belt in the same A transportation apparatus operable to linearly transport an object includes a first transmission unit provided in a first intermediate table and which is operable to transmit torque from one of a pair of first links to one of a pair of second links. The transmissio... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7971503 | Joint mechanism There is provided a joint mechanism constituted by a base 1, a turning base 4 provided above the base and rotated, and an arm 6 a lower end portion is pivotably supported by the turning base, in which a speed reducer 2 for rotating the tu... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963188 | Industrial robot having a suspended unit Since the rotating unit is disposed so that the drive part, which constitutes the rotating unit, is located in the inner side of the bent portion with the curved surface of the CABLEVEYOR in the side of the straight axis, there is no problem occurs by locating the d... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954397 | Surgical slave robot A surgical slave robot is disclosed. The surgical slave robot, for performing a surgical operation with a surgical instrument installed on an end portion of a robot arm, can include: a main body; a major support arm that is coupled to the main body such that the maj... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950306 | Manipulator A manipulator, such as for use in medical procedures, is provided. The manipulator includes a body and a first actuator system connected to the body at a first attachment point and capable of moving the first attachment point with at least three degrees of freedom. ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7878088 | Sealing device for joint section of robot and articulated robot having the same A sealing device provided to a joint section of a robot. The sealing device includes overlapped seal portions having a multi-stage configuration, provided for a driving mechanism incorporated into the joint section. The overlapped seal portions include a first seal ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7836788 | Articulated manipulator An articulated manipulation device for increasing work volume that includes six links and corresponding joints. A first link connects to a base for rotation about a rotational axis aligned with the axis of the first link. A diagonal joint connects the first and seco... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7814811 | Articulated robot An articulated robot having a low lowest posture, a long up-down stroke, and such rigidity that the predetermined positional accuracy can be secured is provided. It includes a first arm (42) which is rotatable about a first horizontal axis (43),... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7798035 | Mechanical arm including a counter-balance A mechanical arm comprises a forearm, a spring, and an upper arm disposed between the forearm and the spring, wherein the forearm applies a moment to the upper arm. A copying device associated with the upper arm copies a force associated with the moment to the sprin... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7673537 | Parallel manipulator A manipulator for supporting and displacing an object comprises a base. A moving portion supports the object. Two articulated mechanisms each having five rotational joints between links, with each articulated mechanism being connected to the base by two of the rotat... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7673536 | Industrial robot An industrial robot (10) comprising three power transmission units (21, 22, 23) arranged concentrically and three drive means for driving the three power transmission units, respectively, is disclosed. The drive means for at least one of the three powe... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7603927 | Manipulator with automatic control, especially for the food industry An automatic manipulator, such as a multiaxial industrial robot, with a carrying component structure (support structure) for transmitting forces between individual members of the automatic manipulator. The entire support structure is formed from a material that is r... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7591206 | Stopper apparatus and robot A mechanical stopper offers a relative rotation range exceeding 360°, scarcely generating abrasion powder and the like and having a simple structure. The stopper apparatus has a rotation axis section in which relative rotation is carried out between two members aro... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7530287 | Industrial robot An industrial robot able to reliably prevent fall of an elevating part and able to improve a degree of freedom of design, that is, an industrial robot comprising a base body; an elevating part able to rise and descend with respect to the base body; an elevation driv... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7464622 | Manipulator such as in industrial robot and method for influencing an ambient condition therein A manipulator, such as a multiaxial industrial robot (1), particularly for use in contamination-endangered environments, including a plurality of scavenging areas (1.8a, 1.8b) to which a scavenging medium can be supplied and locate... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7448294 | Robotic devices By moving supports A and C along respective tracks (3) and (4), the free end B of robot arm (2), with gripper (5), is caused to move along a path P, the locus of which may be varied by varying the movements of the supports A and C. Motors... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7434491 | Flexible tooling interface for headstock/tailstock positioner A workpiece positioner assembly comprises a headstock apparatus that is configured to rotate a workpiece A headstock interface assembly is configured to secure the workpiece to the headstock apparatus and comprises a bearing configured to enable pitch, yaw and roll ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7395136 | Robot end effector detachment sensor A robot device includes a sensor on its base plate capable of sensing rotation of the base plate occasioned by decoupling of a detachable joint that joins a forearm member of the robot to the base plate. The sensor produces an output signal which, if above a preset ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383751 | Articulated robot An articulated robot is provided with first, second and third arms respectively having effective lengths substantially equal to each other and capable of turning respectively about first, second and third pivotal axes. The second and the third arm are interlocked by... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7359159 | Actuator for hard disk drive having a reinforced structure An actuator of a hard disk drive moving a magnetic head to a predetermined position on a disk to record and read out data on and from the disk, including a suspension supporting a slider on which the magnetic head is mounted, an actuator arm having a pivot hole form... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347120 | Robot of SCARA type A SCARA robot has a robot console, a first robot arm articulated on the robot console and swivelable about a first swivel axis, a second swivel arm articulated on the first swivel arm and swivelable around the second swivel axis extending substantially parallel to t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340972 | Apparatus and method for balancing and for providing a compliant range to a test head A load, such as an electronic test head, is supported. A force sensor detects a force received from the load, the force resulting from the load being imbalanced such that a torque is created about a rotational axis of the load. A source of force provides a counter f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337691 | Parallel kinematics mechanism with a concentric spherical joint A parallel kinematics mechanism is provided for uses such as robotics or machining. The mechanism has various limbs designed as elbow-linkages, at least some of which are actuatable, for moving an end component with multiple degrees of freedom. The mechanism advanta... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334304 | Machine tool In order to improve a machine tool for machining a workpiece by a relative movement between the workpiece and a tool, comprising a first receiving device for the workpiece or the tool, a compound slide system with a second receiving device for the tool or the workpi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331750 | Parallel robot A parallel robot or parallel kinematics mechanism is provided for uses such as robotics or machining. The mechanism comprises a fixed base, a main arm, and a first and second support arm to position and orient an object in a cylindrical space with at least three deg... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331253 | Device for carrying and fastening a robot A device for carrying and fastening a robot (4), in particular a delta robot, is designed in a gallows shape. It has a foot (1), a column (2) adjoining the foot (1), and at least one cantilever arm (3), fastened to this column (... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7306423 | Linear moving mechanism and transfer robot using the same A linear moving mechanism includes a guide member providing a horizontal straight transport path, a moving member movable along the transport path and a drive mechanism which drives the moving member. The drive mechanism includes a first link arm pivotable around a ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303063 | Sequential stepped movement staging device A sequential stepped movement staging device comprises six legs 70 of equal length extending radially from a central sphere 46 in an X-Y-Z orthogonal relationship. The sphere 46 and legs 70 are held in a horizontally fixed position relati... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300240 | Industrial robot An industrial robot including a platform arranged for carrying an object. A first arm is arranged for influencing the platform in a first movement and includes a first actuator having a first path and a first carriage linearly movable along the first path. A second ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295891 | Method and device for controlling movements in the case of manipulators In a method for controlling the movement of a manipulator associated with an interpretation of a given point sequence of poses (positions and orientations) by splines, the motion components are separately parameterized. Thus, marked, subsequent changes to the orient... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288860 | Magnetic transducer with ferrofluid end bearings An electrical generator includes one or more magnets that move relative to one or more conductors to generate an electrical signal in each conductor. Each magnet has ferrofluid bearings in the vicinity of its opposite ends to provide a low friction interface between... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284459 | Remote center of rotation positioning device A system for positioning an object about a remote center of rotation. A non-movable part provides a stationary reference structure. A movable part moves relative to the non-movable part. A connector coupled between the movable part and the object positions the objec... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281446 | Machine tool with machining head kept fixed by means of bars whose length is variable by magnetostriction A machine tool (1) for machining by chip removal, in which a machining head (2) operates while being positioned in a horizontal plane and is mounted on a vertical bed (3) to which it discharges the forces (F) by which it is axially stressed, thi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275332 | Multi-axis positioning apparatus An apparatus for supporting a platform (84) relative to a base (82), has first, second, and third flexible shaft couplings (80). Each flexible shaft coupling (80) is mechanically coupled between the platform (84) and the base (8... | 10/02/2007 |
