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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7326026 | Loader assembly, method for using a loader assembly, and combination motor vehicle and loader assembly A loader assembly is provided having a left boom arm and a right boom arm. The left boom arm includes a left tower, a left loader arm, a left lift cylinder, and a left attachment cylinder. The left tower is constructed for attachment to a bracket on a motor vehicle.... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7255201 | Lifting frame with hydraulic lines for an accessory hydraulic system A lifting frame has a stationary vertical mast (outer mast 1), at least one telescoping lifting mast (inner mast 3), and a lifting carriage (4) movable on the lifting mast. At least one hydraulic line (5) installed on the lifting frame di... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7070383 | Boom assembly for swiveling utility vehicle A boom assembly includes a hollow bent boom pivotally connected to a swing bracket, a hollow arm pivotally connected to a leading end of the boom and pivotally supporting an implement at a leading end of the arm, a pair of right and left connecting brackets attached... | 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 |
| 7008169 | Hydraulically driven working machine A pair of supported portions are provided in a bifurcated manner on the base end of the boom of a work machine. Operation oil hoses for an arm cylinder and operation oil hoses for a bucket cylinder are guided and piped into the boom from between both the supported p... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994512 | Loader assembly, method for using a loader assembly, and combination motor vehicle and loader assembly A loader assembly is provided having a left boom arm and a right boom arm. The left boom arm includes a left tower, a left loader arm, a left lift cylinder, and a left attachment cylinder. The left tower is constructed for attachment to a bracket on a motor vehicle.... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994511 | Loader assembly, combination motor vehicle and loader assembly, hydraulic cylinders and methods for operating a loader assembly A loader assembly is provided according to the invention. The loader assembly includes a boom arm and a bracket assembly. The boom arm includes a tower that includes a plurality of first hydraulic fluid coupler members, a lift arm that rotates relative to the tower ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986634 | Loader/attachment assembly, method for using a loader/attachment assembly, and combination motor vehicle and loader/attachment assembly A loader/attachment assembly is provided. The loader/attachment assembly can be referred to as a loader/bucket assembly when the attachment is a bucket. The loader/attachment assembly can include a bucket and a loader assembly. The bucket includes a bucket attachmen... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6939099 | Hook attachment device The invention comprises a hook attachment having a frame with a plurality of hooks pivotally mounted to the frame. The attachment has a engaging flange and eyelets for receiving the attaching flange and engaging pins, respectively on the front of the arms of a front... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6872043 | Swivel type working vehicle A swivel type working vehicle includes a running device (30), a swivel base (32) mounted on the running device to be swivelable about a vertical swivel axis (31), a swing bracket (5) supported to be swingable about a vertical axis by a fl... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6863239 | Fluid conduit for use with hydraulic actuator A fluid conduit is provided for use in a hydraulic actuating system for controlling an instrumentality disposed on a rotating portion of a machine. The fluid conduit transports pressurized fluid between a fluid source disposed on a non-rotating portion of the machin... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6752384 | Apparatus and method for handling cables Apparatus for handling cables is disclosed. The apparatus comprises means (10, 12, 16, 18) to pay out a service cable (20) and a support cable (14) so that the service cable (20) and the support cable (14) are adjacent, and means t... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6712336 | Apparatus and method for use in handling a load An improvement to lifting devices where a service cable 1 and hoist rope 2 are wound around one another, wherein the load-bearing rope 2 is wound around the cable 1 that is paid off from a cable winch 13 so that when the wound cabl... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6644602 | Flexible line guide for industrial robot Guide (20) for a loop of a flexible line (40) between a pair of rotatable parts (12, 14) of an industrial robot (10) that rotate relative to one another around an axis (18), whereby the loop includes a pair of strands (42, 44) of the line joined by a bend... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6644449 | Flat wire cable coil for coupling to a rotating element A rotating handler arm is mounted on an upright column, and has electrical components thereon, which require powering. The power is carried to the rotating arm by a multi conductor flat cable that is supported on a platform adjacent to the rotating arm in... | 11/11/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6530742 | Telescopic boom routing assembly for transmission lines A telescopic boom arrangement of a vehicle is provided with a fixed, tubular outer boom and an inner boom which is mounted for sliding within the outer boom. Transmission lines for coupling various functions, carried at the end of the inner boom, with a p... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6471188 | Apparatus and a method for use in handling a load Apparatus and a method for use in handling a load includes a load-bearing rope and a mechanism for paying out and recovering the rope. There is also a drum for holding a service cable with a length of the service cable extending from the drum. A wrapping ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6288512 | Robot with cables extending at least partially on an outside A robot has a plurality of components which can pivot relative to each other, in particular robot arms. Changes in separation between individual points of the robot thereby occur. This must be taken into consideration when guiding the operation cables for... | 09/11/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6267356 | Apparatus and a method for use in handling a load Apparatus and a method for use in handling a load includes a load-bearing rope (1, 19), and a mechanism for paying out and recovering the rope (1, 19). There is also a drum (3, 12, 15, 16) for holding a service cable (2, 17) with a length of the service c... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6250174 | Robot construction A robot 1A comprises a robot stationary base 1, a first speed reducer mechanism attachment base 11 to which a first axis speed reducer mechanism 12 and a second axis speed reducer mechanism 21 are attached, a first arm AM1, a second speed reducer mechanis... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6202831 | Work station feeding device A work station feeding module with a rail includes a carriage guided thereon and movable along the rail. The work station feeding module includes at least one supply line guided in a flexible energy supply chain arranged within the rail. One end of the fl... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6199707 | Telescopic boom A telescopic boom 9 comprises a proximal boom 9a, an intermediate boom 9b, and a distal boom 9c assembled together in a telescopic fashion. A telescopic cylinder 21 is disposed such that a distal end portion of a cylinder rod 21b is firmly attached to a p... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6189403 | Robot arm In order to guide a cable for a robot in a protective fashion while facilitating simple insertion of protected cables in a robot arm, in particular a robot arm bearing a hand arbor motor, having a cable guide channel extending substantially along the robo... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6171050 | Load arm assembly for a skid steer loader A mobile loading machine having a frame and an operator's cab mounted thereon has a load arm assembly adapted to be pivotably mounted at a rear end of the frame, and support a power tool between a lowered position and a raised position at a forward end th... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6070316 | Method and device for mounting an optical cable on an overhead line In order to fit an optical cable to a cable of an overhead line, a lashing apparatus is provided which runs along the cable of the overhead line. A pylon bypass for the lashing apparatus of the optical cable is fitted to a line pylon and is designed such ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5924837 | Extensible telescopic machine part An extensible telescopic machine part such as a telescopic boom for an excavator has three extensible, telescopic elements. One of the telescopic elements carries a working unit at its free end remote from the other telescopic elements. The working unit i... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5893490 | Hose mount for robot arm dispenser system A hose mounting arrangement for an adhesive-dispensing robot of the type having a mobile robot arm which applies high viscosity adhesive to a workpiece on an assembly line via a dispenser nozzle on the end of the robot arm. A rigid hose-supporting boom is... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5839322 | Robotic arm rotation controller An apparatus provides θ-rotational motion about a Z-axis. The apparatus is improved as follows. A stop structure is carried by the apparatus and rotates with it. The stop structure has a detent engagement structure. A detent structure comprises a rotatab... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5829307 | Industrial robot An industrial robot allowing one-way assembly, size reduction and long cable life includes a first member; a second member which swivels relative to the first member; a third member which swivels relative to the second member; a first drive unit provided ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5816107 | Joint for industrial robot A swinging base 12 is provided on top of a stationary base 11 such as to be capable of rotating by means of a bearing 13. A reduction gear 15 is provided in a depression portion 14 formed on the top surface of the stationary base 11. A motor 16 having a r... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5813286 | Support arm A support arm has stationary support structure, a boom, a knuckle and an auxiliary jib section. The boom connects at one end to the support structure and at an opposite end to one end of the knuckle, and an opposite end of the knuckle connects to one end ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5807061 | Linkage arrangement for a skid-steer loader An off-highway loading vehicle having a frame, a cab, and a linkage arrangement for operably attaching a work implement to the frame is disclosed. The loading vehicle includes a pair of spaced apart lift arms having a rear end portion pivotally connected ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806313 | Conduit arrangement for a construction machine This invention relates to an arrangement for communicating fluid between a pressurized source and an implement that is remotely mounted on a linkage arrangement of a construction machine. The conduit arrangement includes a pair of conduits positioned inte... | 09/15/1998 |
