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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7264436 | Robot-guidance assembly for providing a precision motion of an object There is provided a robot-guidance assembly for providing a precision motion of an object, especially for providing a precision motion of a disklike member such as a wafer, including a robot having at least one robot arm. The at least one robot arm has a free end an... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259535 | Apparatus and method for situating a tool with respect to a work site on a workpiece An apparatus coupled with a mechanism and cooperating with the mechanism to locate an end-effector within a predetermined distance of a work site for situating the end-effector with respect to the work site includes: (a) a positioning unit coupled with the end-effec... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258379 | Laminated-type multi-joint portion drive mechanism and manufacturing method therefor, grasping hand and robot arm provided with the same A laminated-type multi-joint portion drive mechanism includes a bone member having at least two elastic deformation portions, a laminated-type pneumatic tube member having at least twoline-tubes which are stacked on the bone member and which are connected to a pneum... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251108 | Dovetails for positive retention in an over-molded actuator Positive retention features are provided on an actuator of a magnetic disk drive thereby increasing the structural rigidity of the actuator in attachment of a voice coil to the actuator. The positive retention features are defined by a plurality of protrusions havin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246800 | Sealing mechanism for sealing a vacuum chamber A sealing mechanism comprises a support member forming part of the semiconductor producing apparatus which has a vacuum chamber, a rotation shaft rotatably received in the support member, and at least three seal rings axially spaced apart from each other between the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240415 | Machine for processing material in the form of slabs, in particular natural stone material, ceramic material and conglomerate A machine for processing, in particular for cutting workpieces in the form of slabs, comprises a spindle (36) slidably supported by a beam (32) displaceable transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of a working surface (12). The b... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241048 | Linear guide device, chain body, and method of producing a chain body A linear guide device has a guide rail extending in a guiding direction, a guide carriage guided on the guide rail by at least one roll body revolving mechanism in the guiding direction. The at least one roll body revolving mechanism includes a revolving passage and... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241102 | Robot Disclosed is a robot which is compact in structure and may be movable in a large working range, wherein move members 1, 1 may be moved by drive devices 4, 4 respectively along a straight line and in parallel with each other, the drive devices 4, 4 | 07/10/2007 |
| 7210365 | Guide section with toothed rack A guide section (1) for guiding a slide for a power tool along a longitudinal axis (A) with a separate axial toothed rack (3) for longitudinal advance of the slide having the toothed rack (3) arranged in an outwardly open receiving groove (4 | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207720 | Static gas bearing system, stage mechanism, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An apparatus includes a static gas bearing provided upon a first object and configured to form a gas layer between the first object and a second object by use of gas supplied thereto, and to support the first object movably relative to the second object, a plurality... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201078 | Transporting apparatus A transporting apparatus includes a supporting part, first and second driving axles rotatably supported by the supporting part, a plurality of driving links respectively combined to the first and second driving axles, a plurality of transporting links rotatably conn... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193607 | Flexure mechanism for interface device A flexure mechanism for an interface device that interfaces a user with a computer system. An interface device includes a manipulandum physically contacted by the user. A five-bar closed-loop mechanism is coupled to the manipulandum to provide two rotary degrees of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188544 | Industrial robot An industrial delta robot with an arm system rotatable in space and including a base section, a moveable plate, several multi-jointed pull rods and a telescopic axle arranged between the base section and the moveable plate, opposite ends of the pull rods and of the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171735 | Shape member manufacturing apparatus and shape member manufacturing method The invention provides a shape member manufacturing apparatus and a shape member manufacturing method which aims at cutting and grinding a joint projection 8B formed when a plurality of shape members are joined together by welding or friction stir welding, in... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170250 | Holding arrangement having a device for actively damping vibration In a holding arrangement (101) for a medical-optical instrument (103), an electric motor is provided in a rotational joint (111, 119) to compensate a load torque occurring in this rotational joint. This electric motor is supplied with current in... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168513 | Dynamic legged robot A legged robot having a robot structure (20) in the form of a closed kinematic chain and an actuator (26) that contracts when activated. The contraction of the actuator extends a foot element (30) such that it can excerpt a pushing force against... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148646 | Method for controlling parallel kinematic mechanism machine and control device therefor A method for controlling a parallel kinematic mechanism machine and control device therefor, which includes the steps of (1) obtaining each actuator command based on kinematic parameters; (2) calculating loads exerted by the weight of each component of a machine; (3... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7127962 | Four-degree-of-freedom parallel manipulator for producing Schönflies motions The present invention relates to a manipulating device (A) for producing Schönflies motions comprising a parallel array of at least two legs (B), each leg (B) including an actuator unit (C) having first and second ends and producing a pan-tilt motion, each leg (B) ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124660 | Hex-axis horizontal movement dynamic simulator A hex-axis horizontal movement dynamic simulator is aimed at Modular Design without hydraulic or pneumatic system but which were conventionally used in the so called Stewart Platform; this dynamic simulator comprises three sets of movement control unit with symmetri... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114907 | Transfer robot A transfer robot includes a swivel base pivotable about a vertical axis, a hand for holding a plate-like work placed thereon, and a linear transfer mechanism supporting the hand and provided on the swivel base. The transfer mechanism is designed to move the hand for... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109678 | Holding arrangement having an apparatus for balancing a load torque In a holding arrangement (101) for a medical-optical instrument (103), an electric motor is provided in a rotational joint (111, 119) to compensate a load torque occurring in this rotational joint. This electric motor is supplied with current in... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104153 | Linear element laying structure in relative rotation mechanism Pipes and/or wires extend in a bundle from a hollow portion of a second wrist element to a hollow portion of first wrist element of a robot. The first wrist element can rotate relatively to the second wrist element around an axis that passes through the two hollow p... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086822 | Scalar type robot for carrying flat plate-like object, and flat plate-like object processing system An SCARA type robot comprises: an arm unit (14), whose one end is linked to a base (11) so as to be pivotable in a horizontal plane, and which is capable of horizontally bending and stretching; wrist portions (15a, 15b) whic... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7069808 | Line laying structure for robot wrist A line laying structure for a wrist of a robot capable of enhancing durability of lines of cables/pipes for flowing electricity, air, water, etc. to an end effector attached to the wrist, and reducing a restriction of angle of rotation of a wrist axis by rotation of... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066455 | Self-centering mechanical strut A self-centering mechanical strut has first and second housing members. The second housing member telescopically receives the first housing member. Spring assemblies are mounted within each of the housing members. The spring assembly in the first tube is compressed ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063498 | Method of and apparatus for transferring articles from a first position to a second position A takeout arm assembly (10) for an I.S. glass container forming machine, the arm assembly having a housing (14) that is oscillatible about the central axis of a first shaft (12). The housing has a first gear (16) that is coaxial with the ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7043847 | Portable coordinate measurement machine having on-board power supply A portable coordinate measurement machine comprises an articulated arm having jointed arm segments. The arm includes an integral on-board power supply/recharger unit. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040852 | Robot arm mechanism and robot apparatus Herein disclosed is a robot arm mechanism comprising: a first handling member for supporting and handling a first object; a second handling member for supporting and handling a second object; a first robot arm including a first arm link and a second arm link, the fi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7042681 | Dovetails for positive retention in an over-molded actuator Positive retention features are provided on an actuator of a magnetic disk drive thereby increasing the structural rigidity of the actuator in attachment of a voice coil to the actuator. The positive retention features are defined by a plurality of protrusions havin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025343 | Adjusting method and adjusting mechanism for remedying the coil pitch tolerance and fatigue deformation of adjustable helical spring In an adjusting method for remedying the coil pitch tolerance and fatigue deformation of an adjustable helical spring, an adjusting mechanism is mounted at one end of the casing for the adjustable helical spring for changing the precompression or the pretension of t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021173 | Remote center of motion robotic system and method A remote center of motion robotic system including a base unit and a plurality of linking units. The base unit is rotatable about a first axis. The plurality of linking units are coupled with one another. At least two of the linking units are kept parallel to each a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013749 | Robot driven robot index system A robot driven robot index system includes a track having indices defining robot workstation positions along the track. The system also includes a non-driven carriage movable about the track. The carriage has a locking device for controllably locking the carriage to... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6997669 | Parallel manipulators with four degrees of freedom A manipulator for receiving and displacing an object, comprising a moving portion, adapted to receive the object. Four support legs each extend between the moving portion and a ground for supporting the moving portion. Each support leg is connected to the ground by ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6976400 | Method and apparatus for damping vibrations in a semiconductor wafer handling arm A method of damping a semiconductor wafer handling arm by attaching a spring and a mass coupled to the spring to form a mass spring system that is tuned to vibrate at a structural resonant frequency of the vibrating wafer handling arm. The spring has temperature ins... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6973856 | Screw tightening apparatus In order to provide a space-saving inexpensive screw tightening apparatus by forming the same apparatus as a whole to a rational simple construction, a screw tightening apparatus M is provided with a robot 5 for retaining a nut runner 1, which is adapt... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969385 | Wrist with decoupled motion transmission The present invention is a wrist mechanism and a method for making robotic devices in which the transmission of motion, force and/or torque around a revolute joint can be accomplished without coupling. This construction allows mounting the actuators on the base or l... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962220 | Leg joint assist device for leg type movable robot An assist device that applies an auxiliary driving force to a joint in parallel with a driving force of a joint actuator between a thigh portion and a crus portion, which are a pair of link members of a leg. The assist device generates the auxiliary driving force by... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6963444 | Stand arrangement for a medical-optical instrument The invention relates to a stand arrangement (100) for a medical-optical instrument. The stand arrangement includes a first link (104) which is pivotally supported on a holding unit (101) by a first rotational joint. The stand arrangement (10... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6960057 | Substrate transport apparatus A substrate transport apparatus comprising a drive section and a robot transport arm. The robot transport arm is mounted to the drive section. The robot transport arm has a wrist and an end effector to hold the substrate thereon. The end effector is rotatably mounte... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959231 | Robot system A robot system includes a plurality of segments 3, joints 4 for linking the segments together, drive units 5 for actuating the joints, and a controller 8 for controlling the drive units. Further, the robot system has bladders 2 fil... | 10/25/2005 |
