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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4626165 | Industrial robot wrist mechanism A wrist mechanism interposed between the robot arm (20) of an industrial robot and a robot hand, comprising: an outer wrist (34) joined to the free end of the robot arm (20); an inner wrist (36) pivotally supported by bearings (100, 102) within the outer ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4601635 | Multilink-type robot A multilink-type robot includes an arm support pivotably mounted on a base for angular movement about a vertical axis, the arm support having a pair of side support ledges extending upwardly with a U-shaped recess defined therebetween and extending substa... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4594918 | Wrist mechanism for industrial robot In a wrist mechanism of the type that two sets of differential speed reduction devices are provided within a wrist and arranged symmetrically of and perpendicularly to the axis of an arm and that the adjustment of the angle of the wrist and the rotation o... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4586868 | Wrist mechanism of an industrial robot A wrist mechanism of an industrial robot provided at the extremity of the robot arm (20) and having two degrees of freedom of motion enabling a wrist unit (30) to perform a tilting motion and a swivel motion about two substantially perpendicular intersect... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4576545 | Wrist of robot A wrist of a robot attached to a forward end of an arm of the robot in such a manner that the wrist can be readily flexed along an arcuate path when necessary. To eliminate a need to provide oscillating motors at the joints of the wrists of the robot, a d... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4574655 | Wrist mechanism for industrial robot The present invention provides a wrist mechanism with three degrees of freedom for an industrial robot, which is compactly formed and to which a tool is mounted. The first degree of freedom is associated with a first input shaft for rotating a wrist porti... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4568311 | Flexible wrist mechanism A wrist mechanism includes a plurality of rigid links connected together by a plurality of joints, wherein each of the joints includes a joint member interconnecting the adjacent links in a manner to enable an angular displacement to be transmitted betwee... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4548097 | Manipulator drive A manipulator drive has a main support defining a main longitudinal axis, a housing rotatable on the main support about the main longitudinal axis, a head defining a head longitudinal axis and rotatable on the housing about an outer transverse axis crossi... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4531884 | Automated machine This invention relates to a production tool adapted to be automated and more particularly to such a system having a single drive motor and a plurality of clutch and brake controlled gear systems that may be actuated to move the tool longitudinally from pl... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4499790 | Swivel head for industrial robots A swivel head for industrial robots has two degrees of freedom, which are associated with respective spindles having intersecting axes. A first spindle serves to swivel a tool and a second spindle serves to rotate the tool. The swivel head also comprises ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4492510 | Robot hand driving mechanism A mechanism for driving a robot hand mounted on a robot arm includes a pair of planetary gear assemblies coupled to motors for swinging the robot hand about a first shaft and for rotating the robot hand about a second shaft through transmission systems. D... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4445184 | Articulated robot An articulated robot comprises one or more articulation angles that can assume two states on the occasion of the same position or attitude of an object being controlled. A change from one to the other of the above described two states is taught by operati... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4431366 | Industrial robot A wrist mechanism for an industrial robot having a robot casing, robot arms capable of extending from and contracting to the robot casing, a robot hand for gripping a workpiece, and a wrist arranged between the robot arms and the robot hand, comprises: tw... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4417845 | Programmable positioning and operating mechanism for industrial operating head An apparatus for moving an operating head automatically through programmed functions using a telescoping arm assembly. The operating head and arm assembly are mounted on a base and are normally capable of motions about or along several axes, including lin... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4396344 | Industrial robot of the articulated type An industrial robot of the articulated type including a swivelling pedestal capable of swivelling about a vertical axis by force of a drive motor, a first brachium supported for pivotal movement about a first axis disposed horizontally on the pedestal, a ... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4372728 | Tool transfer arm assembly for automatic milling machines A tool transfer assembly for automatic milling machines perform rapid but stable replacement of a tool on a spindle head under direct control by a cam groove formed in an axially turnable and vertically movable shaft operationally related to holding jaws ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4367998 | Manipulators A manipulator consisting of a slave assembly, a master unit, and a control circuit. The movement of the various components of the slave assembly are actuated by electric stepping motors, and the slave assembly itself comprises a pantograph linkage having ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4365928 | Fluid power connector system for manipulator A manipulator has an end effector with a tool end movable with respect to a reference base by means of a multi-axis joint system. The joint system is contained within a housing to provide the relative movement through a mechanical power train. Fluid ducts... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4356554 | Method and apparatus for compensating for system error in an industrial robot control An industrial robot and a control system therefor are described. The robot generally consists of a base member, a post member rotatably mounted on the base member, fluid actuated means for rotating the post member relative to the base member, an arm assem... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4353677 | Wrist construction for industrial robots A wrist construction for an industrial robot having an arm member including a base unit mountable on the arm member, a carrier assembly universally connected to the base unit for pivotal movement about first and second axes of the base unit, a tool suppor... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4312622 | Manipulator The electrical spot welding manipulator is assembled of a base, a rotary support on the base, an arm hinged to the support and rotatable at right angles to the support, a rotatable hollow member inside the arm, a column arranged inside the hollow arm for ... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4275986 | Programmable automatic assembly system A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4273504 | Industrial robot system capable of pressure applied machining operations An industrial robot system comprises a pair of vertically spaced parallel guide rails rigidly supported from the ground, a slide member slidably mounted on the guide rails having upper and lower pivots, a robot arm structure having a housing pivoted at th... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4267424 | Spot welding machine for heavy-duty operations on surface contoured workpieces A spot welding machine comprising a pair of vertically spaced-apart guide rails rigidly supported on a framed structure a distance from the ground, a slide member slidably mounted on the guide rails, and a robot arm structure having a housing pivoted at a... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4260940 | Programmable automatic assembly system A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4218166 | Guide device for multi-axis manipulator A guide device for the supply lines that lead to the work tool at the work end of a multi-axis manipulator's boom. The guide device includes a slidable block positioned to the rear of the wrist assembly of the boom and connected by a flexible cable to the... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4163183 | Programmable automatic assembly system A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4068536 | Manipulator A remotely operable manipulator orients an end-effector mounted to one end of a plurality of serially connected drive shafts. The manipulator has two sets of concentric shafts with individual shafts within each set independently rotatable about an axis co... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4062455 | Remote manipulator A remote manipulator of the force reflecting servomaster-slave type comprises manipulator elements capable of at least seven distinct motions corresponding to respective degrees of freedom. The manipulator elements include an upper arm journalled in a sho... | 12/13/1977 |
| 3985238 | Industrial robot An apparatus, or so-called industrial robot, grasping an object, transferring the same from a position to the other and performing preselcted actions at that position. The apparatus belongs to a technically different category from the conventional robots ... | 10/12/1976 |
