Split-ball type wrist and manipulator assembly for robot
CA 1210421 A · Owner: Westinghouse Electric Corporation · Inventors: Shum, Lanson Y.
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A split-ball type wrist and manipulator assembly (Figure 6) includes a first ball portion 2 a second ball, portion 4 rotatable independently and relative to the first ball portion, and end effector 52 rotatably carried by the second ball portion 4, the first ball portion 2 being controlled in its rotation by the hollow outer shaft 38, the second ball portion 4 being controlled in its rotation by rotation of an inner shaft 39 coupled to the second ball portion by the hollow, flexible coupling 45 and the end effector rotation being controlled by the innermost hollow shaft 42 rotation connected to the end effector by the inner flexible coupling 53 and with power, line means 58 for controlling …
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- Granted August 26, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 26, 2003.
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