81 |
Arm drive device for industrial robot |
US975414 |
1997-09-30 |
US5814960A |
1998-09-29 |
Masahiko Ookura; Tomoyuki Shiraki; Katsunori Tsukamoto |
An arm drive device for an industrial robot comprises a first arm rotatably supported on a supporting body, a second arm rotatably supported at the first arm and, a ball screw having a base portion adapted for rotatably supporting the end portion of a screw element which is rotatably supported at the supporting body. A nut portion is rotatably connected to a member for driving the first arm or the second arm, and a drive motor is provided for rotationally driving the ball screw. The drive motor is disposed at a position shifted but parallel to the center axis of ball screw, and the drive motor and ball screw are connected by a torque transmission means. Accordingly, resonance with frequency in the lower frequency region is prevented, thus making it possible to maintain a high level of locus accuracy of the robot arm. |
82 |
Industrial robot with means for cooling a linear motion nut and screw
shaft |
US867694 |
1992-07-07 |
US5282390A |
1994-02-01 |
Nobutoshi Torii; Akihiro Terada; Yasuo Sasaki |
A cooling means for removing heat generated in a portion of a solid ball-and-screw shaft (27) provided for a screw mechanism accommodated in an industrial robot and engaged with a linear motion nut (28) accommodated in the linear motion mechanism. The cooling means permits a cooling medium, typically cooling air, to flow through a cooling medium passage (33) formed in an unthreaded end portion of the shaft (27) and having an end connected to a rotative drive motor (M), to flow through a radial hole (34) having one end connected to the cooling medium passage (33) and the other end opening into an annular space surrounding an external surface of the shaft formed with a screw thread (27a), and to flow through the annular space along the surface of the threaded portion of the shaft (27), to thereby remove heat generated at the threaded portion engaged with the linear motion nut (28). |
83 |
Robot laser system |
US725451 |
1985-04-22 |
US4659902A |
1987-04-21 |
Roger L. Swensrud; Mark D. White; Michael J. Janosik; Daniel P. Soroka; Joseph J. Zelezniak |
A robot laser work cell combines a plurality of systems which include an orthogonal axis manipulator system, a laser beam delivery system, a safety enclosure system, a coolant chiller for the laser beam delivery system, an air filtration and drying system in communication with the laser beam delivery system, an exhaust system for removing toxic fumes from the area proximate the output of the laser beam delivery system and a variety of precision table and other fixturing means which can be used in combination to function as the work cell of this invention. In an alternative embodiment, a laser package is mounted by a modular wrist onto the Z-axis of the orthogonal axis manipulator and the laser beam delivery system. |
84 |
Robot operation control system |
US555616 |
1983-11-28 |
US4633414A |
1986-12-30 |
Yuhiko Yabe; Hideo Uzuhashi; Yoshiaki Yoshikawa |
A robot operation control system for point-to-point movement is disclosed in which each motor is provided with a microcomputer and a predetermined acceleration/deceleration control is effected for each microcomputer, so that specified given points may be passed smoothly in a given sequence. |
85 |
Automatic welding with imaging of workpiece surfaces and of the junction
between the surfaces |
US751467 |
1985-07-03 |
US4616121A |
1986-10-07 |
William F. Clocksin; Peter G. Davey; Colin G. Morgan; Albert R. Vidler |
Apparatus to control the automatic placing of material along a junction between surfaces with reference to the form and position of the junction including a tool controllably movable to deposit material progressively along the junction in response to a control signal, an imager linked to the movement of the tool to produce an image of the surfaces and junction, a system to extract from the image that portion unambiguously defining the junction form and position, an arrangement responsive to this image portion to derive the control signal to control the tool to move in a required manner along the junction to deposit material. |
86 |
TRANSFER ROBOT WITH SUBSTRATE COOLING |
PCT/US2011021286 |
2011-01-14 |
WO2011090905A3 |
2011-11-17 |
KURITA SHINICHI; INAGAWA MAKOTO; MATSUMOTO TAKAYUKI |
Embodiments of the present invention provide a transfer robot having a cooling plate attached thereto for cooling a substrate during transfer between a processing chamber and a load lock chamber. In one embodiment, the cooling plate is a single, large area cooling plate attached to the transfer robot beneath the substrate being transferred. In another embodiment, the cooling plate is an array of substrates attached to the transfer robot beneath the substrate being transferred. The cooling plate may include a conduit path for circulating a cooling fluid throughout the cooling plate. The cooling plate may have an upper surface with a high emissivity coating applied thereto. |
87 |
SENSORY FEEDBACK EXOSKELETON ARMMASTER |
PCT/US9506376 |
1995-05-19 |
WO9532842A3 |
1996-01-11 |
AN BIN; MASSIE THOMAS H; VAYNER VLADIMIR |
An exoskeleton sensory feedback apparatus that senses position and force information from a user and applies forces and torques to a limb. The apparatus has the same number of degrees of freedom (DOF 11, 117, 121, 131, 141) as the limb to which it is attached. This is achieved through the use of remote center mechanisms, compliant mechanical design elements and portable self contained electrical motor cooling systems (200, 201, 202a, 202c). |
88 |
DETACHABLE AND ATTACHABLE MODULAR GRIPPER FOR UNIVERSAL USE |
US15370159 |
2016-12-06 |
US20180141209A1 |
2018-05-24 |
Sang Mun LEE; Jinung AN; Boo Hwan LEE; Dae Han HONG |
The present invention relates to an electric gripper driven by a motor, and more particularly to a detachable and detachable modular gripper for universal use enhanced in universality and increased in easiness of maintenance and repair by forming a gripper in a plurality of modules. the gripper including a housing mounted with a gripping unit for gripping a work, and a front module attachable and detachable to the housing as a separate part, wherein the front module includes at least one of a robot server interface inputting a first signal to or outputting the first signal from an external device,a driving module controller inputting a second signal or an electric power to, or outputting the second signal or the electric power from a driving module, and a sensor interface part inputting or outputting a third signal of a sensor detecting an operation state of the gripping unit, and the gripper further including a gripping unit, a housing mounted with a gripping unit, wherein the gripping unit includes a gripping module gripping the work, and a driving module providing a driving force to the gripping module, and one of the gripping module and the driving module is attachably and detachably provided on the housing. |
89 |
Carrier device |
US15398187 |
2017-01-04 |
US09868206B2 |
2018-01-16 |
Masaru Shimada; Sayako Takarabe; Hideki Matsuo |
There is provided a carrier device that has a linkage arm mechanism, in particular, a carrier device that cools the linkage arm mechanism and can reduce the impact of radiation heat from a work that is in a high temperature state. A carrier device is a carrier device that includes a linkage arm mechanism and a pivot shaft, and the linkage arm mechanism includes lower arms and upper arms, and one ends of which are respectively connected to the lower arms, and horizontal movement members that support a work that is connected to the other ends of the upper arms, and cooling plates are respectively arranged between the upper arms, and the horizontal movement members. |
90 |
VISCOELASTIC LIQUID-COOLED ACTUATOR |
US15604431 |
2017-05-24 |
US20170341227A1 |
2017-11-30 |
Luis Sentis; Nicholas Paine |
A robotic actuator may include a series elastic actuator (SEA) that includes an elastic element made of a viscoelastic material. The viscoelastic material may have hardness, stiffness, hysteresis, or damping properties suitable for a particular robotic application. The elastic element may include two portions of the viscoelastic material in compression with each other in the SEA. The SEA may include a motor to generate mechanical power, a speed reduction element to amplify motor torque, an encoder to measure deflection of the viscoelastic elastomer due to an applied force, and a transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism may be connected to the motor using a pulley and may route mechanical power to an output joint. The SEA may be a prismatic SEA or another type of linear actuator. The motor may include a 3D printed liquid cooling jacket that includes removable fluid seals and that is assembled and disassembled using removable screws. |
91 |
Industrial robot |
US14386579 |
2013-07-25 |
US09764461B2 |
2017-09-19 |
Takayuki Yazawa; Yoshihisa Masuzawa; Tomoki Tanabe; Hirokazu Watanabe |
The present invention is to provide an industrial robot, which is placed in vacuum for use, capable of efficiently cooling down hand- or arm-driving motors which are arranged inside the arm in air. The industrial robot is provided with a motor for rotating a second arm unit with respect to a first arm unit, a motor for rotating a hand with respect to the second arm unit, a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the second arm unit, and a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the hand; the hand and the arm are placed in vacuum. The reduction gears and are coaxially arranged so that the center of rotation of the second arm unit with respect to the first arm unit coincides with the axial centers of the reduction gears. The interior space of the hollow first arm unit is kept at atmospheric pressure in which the motors and the reduction gears are arranged. |
92 |
ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM |
US15405676 |
2017-01-13 |
US20170203445A1 |
2017-07-20 |
Takuya OWA; Yuta SATO |
A robot includes a heat generating member and a heat transfer member detachably provided on the heat generating member, wherein the heat transfer member has a first part located outside of the robot. |
93 |
INDUSTRIAL ROBOT |
US15185950 |
2016-06-17 |
US20160368137A1 |
2016-12-22 |
Takayuki YAZAWA; Yoshihisa MASUZAWA; Tomoki TANABE; Hirokazu WATANABE |
The present invention is to provide an industrial robot, which is placed in vacuum for use, capable of efficiently cooling down hand- or arm-driving motors which are arranged inside the arm in air. The industrial robot is provided with a motor for rotating a second arm unit with respect to a first arm unit, a motor for rotating a hand with respect to the second arm unit, a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the second arm unit, and a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the hand; the hand and the arm are placed in vacuum. The reduction gears and are coaxially arranged so that the center of rotation of the second arm unit with respect to the first arm unit coincides with the axial centers of the reduction gears. The interior space of the hollow first arm unit is kept at atmospheric pressure in which the motors and the reduction gears are arranged. |
94 |
Industrial robot with hollow section |
US14358820 |
2012-11-01 |
US09399285B2 |
2016-07-26 |
Takayuki Yazawa; Masago Shiba; Hiroto Nakajima; Masashi Fujiwara |
An industrial robot that can control the abrasion and damage of a bearing unit, and also control the deformation of an arm, even in the case of transferring a high-temperature transfer object in a vacuum. The industrial robot includes a bearing unit for supporting an arm at a joint section as a connection section between the arm and the main body. At the joint section, the arm has a first protrusion section protruding toward the main body, and meanwhile the main body has a first housing section in which a first hollow section for housing the first protrusion section is formed. The first protrusion section and the first housing section are formed of a material having higher thermal conductivity than the bearing unit has, and a semisolid thermally-conductive substance, having higher thermal conductivity than the bearing unit has, is placed in the first hollow section. Moreover, the main body includes; a heat radiator being formed of a material having higher thermal conductivity than the bearing unit has, and being positioned in the atmosphere; and a connecting section for connecting the first housing section and the heat radiator, the connecting section being formed of a material having higher thermal conductivity than the bearing unit has. |
95 |
Robotic system and methods of use |
US13740928 |
2013-01-14 |
US09050888B2 |
2015-06-09 |
Nathan D. Gettings; Adam M. Gettings; Taylor J. Penn; Edward John Siler, III; Andrew G. Stevens; Michael Schneider; Jon Appleby; Matthew Gawlowski |
A robotic system that can have a body and four flippers is described. Any or all of the flippers can be rotated. The flippers can have self-cleaning tracks. The tracks can be driven or passive. The robotic system can be controlled by, and send audio and/or video to and/or from, a remote operator control module. The methods of using and making the robotic system are also described. |
96 |
ROBOTIC SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE |
US14335189 |
2014-07-18 |
US20150021108A1 |
2015-01-22 |
Nathan D. GETTINGS; Adam M. GETTINGS; Taylor J. PENN; Edward John SILER, III; Andrew G. STEVENS; Michael SCHNEIDER; Jon APPLEBY; Matthew GAWLOWSKI |
A robotic system that can have a body and four flippers is described. Any or all of the flippers can be rotated. The flippers can have self-cleaning tracks. The tracks can be driven or passive. The robotic system can be controlled by, and send audio and/or video to and/or from, a remote operator control module. The methods of using and making the robotic system are also described. |
97 |
Cooling unit and work piece conveying equipment using it |
US13549703 |
2012-07-16 |
US08931294B2 |
2015-01-13 |
Takaya Yamada; Yasuhiro Nishimori |
An object is to provide a cooling unit which can reduce influence of radiation heat from a work piece having high temperature on members surrounding the work piece, prevent leak of coolant and vacuum leak, reduce cost, and prevent turning angle of a work piece conveying mechanism from being limited. The cooling unit is attached to the work piece conveying mechanism in the state that the outer wall part is in close contact with the to-be-cooled surface. The coolant stored in the lower space is evaporated by the heat transmitted from the to-be-cooled surface P via the outer wall part, and the to-be-cooled surface is cooled via the outer wall part by the heat of evaporation lost at the time of the evaporation of the coolant. The vapor in the lower space (coolant container) is discharged to the vacuum chamber by the vapor exhaust unit when the pressure of the vapor in the lower space reaches the fixed value or higher. |
98 |
INDUSTRIAL ROBOT |
US14358867 |
2012-11-01 |
US20140312640A1 |
2014-10-23 |
Takayuki Yazawa; Masago Shiba; Hiroto Nakajima; Masashi Fujiwara |
An industrial robot may include a hand having an object-mounting section; an arm structured to hold said hand at the front side thereof; a main body section structured to hold the base end of said arm; and a covering member structured to cover at least the top surface of said object-mounting section. The radiant heat reflectance at said covering member may be higher than that at said object-mounting section. The heat conductivity of said covering member may be lower than that of said object-mounting section. The specific gravity of said object-mounting section may be smaller than that of said covering member. |
99 |
DEVICE FOR REMOVING HEAT FROM AN AUTOMATED HANDLING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A HANDLING ROBOT, AND USE OF THE DEVICE |
US13994825 |
2011-12-09 |
US20130345862A1 |
2013-12-26 |
Peter Schlaich; Corinna Pfeiffer-Scheer |
A device for discharging heat from an automated handling device, in particular from a handling robot, having a structure of the handling device and having at least one heat-generating device, in particular of a drive system, of the handling device. A suction device or positive-pressure device for respectively discharging and delivering air is provided, which device is disposed in operative connection with the at least one heat-generating device. |
100 |
CARRIER DEVICE |
US13884117 |
2011-11-02 |
US20130294870A1 |
2013-11-07 |
Masaru Shimada; Sayako Takarabe; Hideki Matsuo |
There is provided a carrier device that has a linkage arm mechanism, in particular, a carrier device that cools the linkage arm mechanism and can reduce the impact of radiation heat from a work that is in a high temperature state. A carrier device is a carrier device that includes a linkage arm mechanism and a pivot shaft, and the linkage arm mechanism includes lower arms and upper arms, and one ends of which are respectively connected to the lower arms, and horizontal movement members that support a work that is connected to the other ends of the upper arms, and cooling plates are respectively arranged between the upper arms, and the horizontal movement members. |