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Granted Patent B2
US 9,168,660 · App. 14/512,734 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Scara robot

Inventors: Yuta Sato (Azumino, JP); Shingo Hoshino (Hokuto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B25J19/0004B25J9/101B25J9/042Y10S901/11Y10S901/27
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Patent No.
US 9,168,660
App. No.
14/512,734
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A SCARA robot according to an aspect of the invention includes a first arm rotatable with respect to a base, a second arm rotatable with respect to the first arm, a first rotation regulating member regulating a rotation of the first arm, and a second rotation regulating member regulating a rotation of the second arm. The first arm includes a beam provided inside a casing, at least one of the first rotation regulating member and the second rotation regulating member includes a contact part, a fixing part, and a connecting part.

Claims (34)

1. A SCARA robot comprising:

a base;

a first arm coupled to the base and being rotatable around a first axis with respect to the base;

a second arm coupled to the first arm and being rotatable around a second axis apart from the first axis;

a first rotation regulating member provided on the first arm and regulating a rotation of the first arm around the first axis with respect to the base; and

a second rotation regulating member provided on the first arm and regulating a rotation of the second arm around the second axis,

wherein the first arm includes a casing having a wall part in which hole portions penetrating in axis directions of the first axis and the second axis and a beam provided inside the casing,

at least one of the first rotation regulating member and the second rotation regulating member includes a contact part, a fixing part, and a connecting part that connects the contact part and the fixing part,

the contact part of the first rotation regulating member is in contact with the base when the rotation of the first arm around the first axis with respect to the base is regulated,

the contact part of the second rotation regulating member is in contact with the second arm when the rotation of the second arm around the second axis is regulated,

the fixing part is fixed to the beam,

the connecting part is inserted into the hole portion apart from an inner wall of the hole portion, and

a resisting member is provided in at least one of a part between the contact part and the casing and a part between the connecting part and the inner wall of the hole portion.

2. The SCARA robot according to claim 1 , wherein the second arm includes a convex portion projecting from a surface at the first arm side having a contact surface toward the first arm side, and

the contact part of the second rotation regulating member is in contact with the contact surface of the convex portion when the rotation of the second arm is suppressed.

3. The SCARA robot according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the beam in the axis direction is larger than a length of the wall part in the axis direction.

4. The SCARA robot according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic part is provided in a location of the base with which the contact part is in contact.

5. A SCARA robot comprising:

a base;

a first arm coupled to the base and being rotatable around a first axis with respect to the base;

a second arm coupled to the first arm and being rotatable around a second axis in parallel to the first axis and apart from the first axis with respect to the first arm;

a first rotation regulating member provided on the first arm and regulating a rotation of the first arm around the first axis with respect to the base so that a rotatable range may be a predetermined range; and

a second rotation regulating member provided on the first arm and regulating a rotation of the second arm around the second axis with respect to the first arm so that a rotatable range may be a predetermined range,

wherein the first arm includes a casing having a wall part in which hole portions penetrating in axis directions of the first axis and the second axis and a beam provided inside the casing,

the second arm includes a convex portion projecting from a surface at the first arm side having a contact surface toward the first arm side,

an elastic part is provided in the base,

the first rotation regulating member and the second rotation regulating member each include a contact part, a fixing part, and a connecting part that connects the contact part and the fixing part,

the contact part of the first rotation regulating member is in contact with the elastic part of the base when the rotation of the first arm around the first axis with respect to the base is regulated,

the contact part of the second rotation regulating member is in contact with the contact surface of the convex portion of the second arm when the rotation of the second arm around the second axis with respect to the first arm is regulated,

the fixing parts are fixed to the beam of the first arm,

the connecting parts are inserted into the hole portions formed in the wall part of the casing apart from inner walls of the hole portions,

resisting members that apply resistive forces to the first rotation regulating member and the second rotation regulating member against relative movements of the rotation regulating members with respect to the hole portions are provided between the contact parts and the casing and between the connecting parts and the inner walls of the hole portions,

a length of the beam in the axis direction is larger than a length of the wall part in the axis direction, and

a length of the connecting part of the first rotation regulating member in the axis direction is larger than a length of the connecting part of the second rotation regulating member in the axis direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2014
From: SATO, YUTA; HOSHINO, SHINGO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033937/0823 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-223013 · Oct 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150114160A1 · Apr 30, 2015