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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117939 | Line guide device and industrial robot equipped with such a device In order to enable a compensating movement of a supply line (38) in an industrial robot (32), a line guide device is provided that, in particular, has a telescopic fork design. A slideway element (4) is provided, which is fastened to a rear robo... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8020467 | Industrial robot The present invention is an industrial robot with a cable spanned between and end effector and an upper arm. The cable does not twine around the upper arm or interfere with a peripheral device. A passage opening, through which the cable for supplying power, signals,... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020466 | Umbilical-member processing structure for industrial robot An umbilical-member processing structure for an industrial robot which includes a forearm having a tool managing and relaying device and a wrist with proximal end rotatably connected to the forearm and having a work tool mounted on the distal end thereof, with an um... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8006586 | Articulated robot wrist An articulated robot includes a wrist carrying a flange for attachment of an apparatus to be carried by the robot. The wrist comprises a first support mounted on a robot component that is rotatable about a first axis, a second support rotatably mounted on the first ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7806019 | Industrial robot The invention provides a waterproof and dustproof structure of a joint portion of an industrial robot which is inexpensive and does not adversely affect a motion performance of a robot. Accordingly, in a manipulator type robot which has a cable passing hole provided... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7779716 | Quick disconnect tooling apparatus A quick disconnect tooling apparatus for releasably latching an end effector tool to a manipulator. The present invention provides a base module connectable to a manipulator, and a tool module connectable to the end effector tool. A power source coupling has a first... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7765890 | Industrial robot An industrial robot has an arm, a wrist element rotatably interconnected to the arm, a work tool mounted on a distal end of the wrist element, and a motor mounted on the wrist element. An umbilical-member connected to the work tool and a flat cable connected to the ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7703349 | Cable laying structure for robot A cable laying structure for a robot, which does not interfere with external devices in a periphery of a forearm. Camera and hand control cables and motor control cables are drawn into a robot mechanism through a connection panel of a base of a robot main body. Whil... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7631573 | Guiding device for an umbilical member of a robot and a robot having the guiding device A guiding device, with high rigidity, for an umbilical member and a robot having the guiding device, by which interference between the umbilical member and another component or external equipment is minimized. The guiding device or an adaptor includes a first plate ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7597025 | Articulated robot An articulated robot capable of reducing dead space while maintaining a wide operating area and simplifying a power transmission system necessary for moving each joint. A plurality of joint arms A1 to A7 are connected via first rotating shafts 15, 1... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7540214 | Manipulator-type robot In a manipulator-type robot of the present invention, a manipulator base contains a connection case for making cable connections to an external device. In the connection case, a signal-line connecting section for external connection is disposed on a predetermined si... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7430939 | Laying device for laying line element A robot arm is provided at a forward end thereof with a rotation shaft member rotatable about a rotation axis thereof, in which a hollow portion is formed along the rotation axis. A laying device for laying a line element includes a relaying means for relaying an ar... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422773 | Method and apparatus for creating an enhanced electrical field to improve paint transfer efficiencies A cover for a robot which includes an electrostatic spray gun with a nozzle which sprays charged material. The cover includes an insulating layer adapted to generally surround the robot except at an aperture where the nozzle extends from the cover. The cover also in... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422412 | Horizontal articulated robot A horizontal articulated robot has a plurality of horizontal arms coupled by joint shafts, and a working shaft disposed at the extreme end of an extreme end arm among the horizontal arms has mounting portions of an end effector formed to both the upper and lower end... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7372561 | Method and apparatus for inspecting defects and a system for inspecting defects The present invention relates to a high-sensitivity defect inspection method, apparatus, and system adapted for the fine-structuring of patterns; wherein, in addition to a cleaning tank which chemically cleans a sample and rinses the sample, a defect inspection appa... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322258 | Industrial robot There is provided an industrial robot having no interference of a cable for an end effector or the like with a peripheral apparatus. An end effector 5 is fixed to a wrist flange 4 through an intermediate member 6. The intermediate member ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320264 | Manipulator An industrial robot manipulator including a first arm comprising a front arm part and a rear arm part. The front arm part is journalled in the rear arm part such that the front arm part is rotatable about a first axis relative to the rear arm part. Cabling extends a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7299713 | Device for laying line elements A device used to lay line elements such as electric and/or fluid lines between a stationary housing and a moving housing. The device includes a double pipe structure having an inner pipe member and an outer pipe member. The outer pipe member is attached to the movin... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7171279 | Articulating arm for positioning a tool at a location A robotic arm device capable of accessing machinery and equipment, which is otherwise difficult access for maintenance and repair is provided. An apparatus comprising a support arm with a plurality of longitudinal segments each capable of movement one with respect t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159751 | Wire bonder The bondhead of a Wire Bonder, that serves to produce a wire connection between two connection points by means of a capillary guiding a wire, is formed as a pantograph mechanism. The pantograph mechanism comprises a first swivel arm driven by a first motor, a second... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7028578 | Wrist driving mechanism for robot A wrist driving mechanism capable of arranging a large amount of cables and pipes in a robot arm. A robot wrist mechanism having three degrees of freedom is driven by first, second and third drive shafts for transmitting driving forces of first, second and third mot... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6976401 | Offset rotary joint unit equipped with rotation correction mechanism An offset rotary joint unit equipped with a rotation correction mechanism, in which a bending motion can be executed in a two-dimensional plane only by virtue of a rotary mechanism and which can support a high-load weight and is applicable for two-arm mechanisms suc... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6945504 | Adjustable cable management arm for furniture An adjustable cable management arm devise. The device includes a pair of cable arms, pivotal pins, an adjustable arm, and an adjusting member. A first end of a first cable arm is connected to an end of a second cable arm, which is capable of folding each other, so a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6915994 | Arm apparatus for mounting electronic devices with cable management system A forearm extension is provided for use in an extension arm that adjustably mounts an electronic device to a support mount, and conceals cables to and from the device within the forearm extension. The forearm extension includes a body having an interior region and f... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6811124 | Device for guiding a hose A compact, simple design of a device for guiding a hose, in which the device has a channel with a lateral, longitudinal opening. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6701220 | Industrial robot device An industrial robot including a manipulator having a control system. The manipulator includes a common gear housing having first and second inner compartments connected with a passage channel. First and second gears are arranged in the first and second in... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6684731 | Holding arm for energy supply A robot with at least partly externally located cables, particularly robot tool supply cables having a length reserve in the area of the A3 axis of the robot is characterized by a base part located on the robot and having elements for guiding the supply c... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6622585 | Industrial robot and cable guiding device for this robot and use of the device An industrial robot with an upper robot arm (1) that comprises a first arm part 2) arranged to rotate at a second arm part (3), whereby a cable set (4) extends through both arm parts whereby a guiding device (6) for the cable set is arranged at the upper ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6588295 | Device and method for distributing a cable assemblage in an industrial robot Device for guiding a cable set arranged at a manipulator equipped with a control device where the cable set forms an external loop/a slack in the transition between a first and a second manipulator part joined by a link including a guiding device that fre... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6587749 | Industrial robot and method of operating same It is possible to obtain an industrial robot which assures excellent reduction in maintenance. The industrial robot includes a robot body, a manipulator to control the operation of the robot body, a control device to control the manipulator, a first path ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6571657 | Multiple blade robot adjustment apparatus and associated method The present invention provides an apparatus and associated method in which the apparatus comprises a multiple blade robot and a compensating device. The multiple blade robot includes at least one set of robot blades. The compensating device adjusts for di... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6491701 | Mechanical actuator interface system for robotic surgical tools Robotic surgical tools, systems, and methods for preparing for and performing robotic surgery include a memory mounted on the tool. The memory can perform a number of functions when the tool is loaded on the tool manipulator: first, the memory can provide... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6455799 | Robot device An industrial robot including a hollow arm pan (1) rotatable around its longitudinal axis (A) through which a cable set (4) is drawn through and connected to a robot unit (3) rotatable around an axis (A). The arm part and the robot unit are arranged for b... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6431018 | Guide device for wiring member and/or piping member and robot with guide device A plurality of clamp devices for clamping a cable or a pipe connected to an end effector of a robot are mounted to a robot wrist portion. A first clamp device has a base and a clamp portion configured to slide linearly with respect to the base and be also... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6389921 | Wrist mechanism of industrial robot A wrist mechanism of an industrial robot is described which have a first ring-shaped hollow reduction unit secured to an arm of the robot, and a first hollow drive tube and a second ring-shaped hollow reduction unit secured to an output shaft of the first... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6301526 | Master device having force reflection function A master device for generating motion instruction of the slave robot by sensing motion of the arm with fixed to the arm of the operator, and reflecting motion limit information by external force and physical articulation limit sensed by the robot may be s... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6279413 | Articulated robot A first arm (3) of a articulated robot has a double arm structure composed of a first arm piece (3a) and a second arm piece (3b). The first arm piece (3a) transmits a drive force, and a housing (4a) of a second arm (4) is rotatably mounted to the first ar... | 08/28/2001 |
