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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4073201 | Powered wrist joint A powered wrist joint consisting of a base having a pitch member mounted thereon for rotation about a pitch axis and a pitch drive mounted on the base for driving the pitch member about the pitch axis and a yaw shaft mounted on the pitch member on a yaw a... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4068763 | Wrist joint assembly A wrist joint assembly is provided for use with a mechanical manipulator arm for finely positioning an end-effector carried by the wrist joint on the terminal end of the manipulator arm wherein the wrist joint assembly is pivotable about a first axis to p... | 01/17/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4068156 | Rate control system for manipulator arms A manipulator system having a master control console and a slave mainpulator arm controlled by signals from the master control console is disclosed. The master control console includes a translation controller and a rotation controller, and the slave mani... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4047448 | Robot head Head for a robot or manipulator comprising a control casing and at least two shafts perpendicular to each other, with corresponding external members rotatably driven from separate control servo motors, one shaft being rigid with one of said members which ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4042122 | Reorientation device for an object manipulator A reorientation device for use with a general purpose object manipulator is disclosed, comprised of an arrangement for rotating the object while in the grasp of the manipulator through predetermined detented angles, this reorientation thereby reducing the... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4042161 | Automatic welding apparatus An automatic welding apparatus having a robot and a welding torch, the robot including a main body serving as a drive means, an arm supported and driven by the main body to move in three-dimensional directions, and a wrist connected to a forward end of th... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4002958 | AC output power control system An AC output power control system comprising turn-on means controlling at least three or three groups of switches operationally connected between a power source and a load in predetermined order, means for feeding power including at least an AC component ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 4001556 | Computer controlled pneumatic retractable search sensor A mechanical manipulator which includes fingers under the control of a computer, antenna sensing means mounted on such fingers and extended and retracted from the fingers under the control of the computer, means for detecting the contact or proximity of t... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3984009 | Article gripper mounting device An article gripper mounting device for a multi-axis manipulator that is attachable to the wrist assembly of the support arm and allows the manipulator to be used for moving articles along a straight line located in a substantial vertical plane without req... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3977180 | Automatic chain manufacturing system An automated system for producing chain wherein individual pins are fed one-at-a-time to a heating station. The pins are heated in stages at said station to a temperature suitable for bending of the pins. The pins are automatically moved from said station... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3952880 | Force and torque sensing method and means for manipulators and the like A manipulator is shown of the type which includes an effector, such as a hand, comprising a pair of jaws relatively pivotally movable between open and closed positions under operation of power means such as an electric motor. Sensing means, for sensing bo... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3948093 | Six degree of freedom force transducer for a manipulator system A six degree of freedom force transducer is provided on a manipulator's hand and includes a plurality of I-beam modules having strain gauges on the flat surfaces of the thin legs of each I-beam for measuring the bending moments of each leg. According to o... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3935950 | Industrial robot An industrial robot well suited for handling heavy work pieces comprises a base; a vertically oriented main support shaft rotatably mounted in the base on a radial thrust bearing; a support frame mounted on the support shaft; a flat-sided extendable main ... | 02/03/1976 |
