Class 74/490.06 - Wrist

Subclass of Class 74 - Machine element or mechanism
Definition: Subject matter in which the joint, typically between the
No. of patents: 141
Last issue date: 02/07/2012

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8109172	Wrist assembly for robotic arm A wrist assembly (311) for a robotic arm or other mechanical device is provided. The wrist assembly comprises a first arm (313) which terminates in a first radius (317), a second arm (315) which terminates in a second radius (319),...	02/07/2012
8109173	Parallel robot provided with wrist section having three degrees of freedom A parallel robot including a movable-section drive mechanism having a parallel mechanism configuration and operating to allow a movable section to perform a three-axis translational motion with respect to a base section, and a wrist-section drive mechanism operating...	02/07/2012
8061232	Methods and apparatus for a robot wrist assembly The present invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems for a wrist assembly including a housing having a cap and a bottom, at least one pivot at least partially enclosed in the housing and adapted to be coupled to a robot arm, and a belt coupled to the pivot...	11/22/2011
7913584	Support arm for a clamping and centering element of a gripper frame for holding three-dimensional components in the motor vehicle industry A support arm for a clamping and/or centering element of a gripper frame for holding three-dimensional components includes an adjustment mechanism, such as a ball that can pivot or a cylindrical pin that slide and rotate, held in a clamping and release unit with cla...	03/29/2011
7870807	Multi axis robot wrist and method of operation A robot wrist for a painting robot has several wrist sections that can be rotated relative to one another, an internal conduit that passes through the wrist sections, a flexible hose carried in the internal conduit and having a hose drive operating on the hose to ac...	01/18/2011
7870808	Flexible actuator and joint-driving unit using the same A displacement member can be displaced in a direction substantially perpendicular to a moving direction of a translation member that is held on a base member so as to reciprocatingly move thereon linearly, and an elastic mechanism secured to the base member accumula...	01/18/2011
7849761	Wrist unit to a robot arm A wrist unit to be arranged in an industrial robot including a control system and a manipulator. The manipulator includes a robot arm and a wrist unit arranged on the robot arm and including a wrist housing arranged for rotation about a fourth axis of rotation, a wr...	12/14/2010
7836789	Industrial robot The present invention provides an industrial robot, wherein a cable or the like spanned between an end effector and an upper arm has less bending due to a motion of a wrist portion, wherein the cable or the like does not twine around the upper arm, and wherein the c...	11/23/2010
7806020	Industrial robot A robot arm for an industrial robot. The robot arm includes a wrist housing, a wrist, and a turn disc. The wrist is rotatably connected to the wrist housing and the turn disc is rotatably connected to the wrist. A first motor drives the wrist and a second motor driv...	10/05/2010
7762156	Cable-driven wrist mechanism for robot arms A cable driven wrist mechanism for a robot arm which executes a rolling motion and a pitching motion. The wrist mechanism includes a first drive body and a second drive body which are independently driven. The wrist mechanism includes first and second rotary bodies ...	07/27/2010
7698966	Control member with tensed cables The control unit includes an arm (21) sliding inside of a sheath (20) the angle of which can be varied and which is supported by three tensed cables (25; 26; 27) arranged in a triangle and unwinding with a certain degree of resistance from force...	04/20/2010
7685902	Industrial robot An industrial robot including a parallel kinematic manipulator of an object in space. The manipulator includes a stationary platform, a movable platform for carrying the object, and at least three arms connecting the platforms. Each arm includes a first arm part con...	03/30/2010
7677130	Painting robot with improved wrist conduit The invention relates to a robot, specifically a painting robot, having at least one moveable member which has a conduit for lines which houses at least one line. It is proposed that the line is disposed in the conduit at least partially in a spiral or winding confi...	03/16/2010
7559265	Robot arm coupling device Even if the coupling surface of an arm side attachment and a tool side attachment is directed in a direction other than the horizontal direction, the tool side attachment can be automatically separated and detached from the arm side attachment. When exchanging a too...	07/14/2009
7549355	Rotary leadthrough of a robot arm A rotary leadthrough of a robot arm, in particular of a fourth axle of a Delta robot, has a housing and a shaft, located in an axial leadthrough of the housing and supported rotatably in this housing, for connection to the robot arm. The housing has at least two ope...	06/23/2009
7513174	Industrial robot The present invention provides an industrial robot which can reduce torque required for driving an object to be moved. By providing a third reduction device and a third driving device separately, the dimension in the third axial direction of the third reduction devi...	04/07/2009
7478576	Robotic manipulator A controlled relative motion system comprising a base support, a pivot holder and a plurality of pivoting links with the pivoting links rotatably coupled to both the base support and to members of the pivot holder to rotate about axes which extend in different direc...	01/20/2009
7472622	Linkage system A linkage system which offers high rigidity and good assemblability and producibility, and enables parts such as rotary transmission components and actuators to be readily installed. A linkage system includes an input member disposed on an input side, an output memb...	01/06/2009
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
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
7398707	Roll-pitch-roll surgical tool A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft having a working end and a shaft axis, and a pair of linking arms each having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is pivotally mounted on the working end of the shaft to rotate around a first pitch axi...	07/15/2008
7392722	Control unit with three parallel branches This controller, between a fixed base (1) and a control handle (4), comprises three similar arms (2) of which each comprises three links (5,6,7) jointed between the base and the handle platform by a pivot (8), two rotation joints (...	07/01/2008
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
7367245	Joint structure and robot arm A joint structure includes a rotating guide pulley, a fixed guide, and a rotating guide pulley. The rotating guide pulley is coaxial with a rotating shaft of a revolute joint, and is arranged so as to be rotatable about the rotating shaft. The fixed guide is arrange...	05/06/2008
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
7316681	Articulated surgical instrument for performing minimally invasive surgery with enhanced dexterity and sensitivity An articulated surgical instrument for enhancing the performance of minimally invasive surgical procedures. The instrument has a high degree of dexterity, low friction, low inertia and good force reflection. A unique cable and pulley drive system operates to reduce ...	01/08/2008
7309204	Articulated arm robot In a multi-axis articulated arm robot for transferring workpieces, there is a robot base, on which a movement unit is able to be pivoted about a first axis, which is vertical in an operational state. The movement unit has a pivoting part adjacent to the base, an art...	12/18/2007
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
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
7273488	High-rigidity forceps tip assembly for active forceps and active forceps equipped with the same Provided is a forceps tip assembly capable of supporting a forceps tip with high rigidity in order to realize a laparoscopic surgery requiring a significant power with the forceps tip, such as an organ removal surgery which has been heretofore difficult to be perfor...	09/25/2007
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
7241103	Method and system for adjusting a position of an object According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a position of an object to compensate for tilt includes providing a rotatable base supporting an object and directing the object relative to the base such that the position of the object is...	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
7228641	Bearing arrangement A bearing arrangement for an articulatable support includes bearing assemblies. In one embodiment, the assemblies have a ball and aperture having sliding contact at discrete areas during relative rotation. In another embodiment, the sliding contact may be formed at ...	06/12/2007
7223063	Method and system for adjusting a position of an object According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a position of an object to compensate for tilt includes providing a rotatable base supporting an object and directing the object relative to the base such that the position of the object is...	05/29/2007
7195441	Manipulator having arm mechanism for hand According to this invention, there is provided a manipulator which can be suitably used as a compact manipulator apparatus which manipulates a minute target object. A manipulator of this invention includes, for example, a plurality of arm members whose attitudes can...	03/27/2007
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
7172385	Light weight parallel manipulators using active/passive cables The present invention provides parallel, cable based robotic manipulators, for use in different applications such as ultra high-speed robots or positioning devices with between three to six degrees of freedom. The manipulators provide more options for the number of ...	02/06/2007
7168290	Aligning components of a measuring system A measuring system for calibrating a machine in which a base (10) is attachable to a surface of the machine and a housing (20) is mountable on the base, wherein at least one surface of the base and at least one surface of the housing are each provided ...	01/30/2007
7146872	Micro manipulator Provision of a 3-DOF micro manipulator easy to operate and capable of executing accurate positioning, wherein the link mechanisms of the micro manipulator whose main operation is parallel 3-DOF operation are implemented by cutting, folding, and moding a sheet of met...	12/12/2006

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