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Granted Patent B2
US 11,219,983 · App. 16/551,808 · Granted Jan 11, 2022

Gripper device

Inventors: Kun Cheng Tseng (Tainan, TW); Kuei Tun Teng (Tainan, TW); Hsiang Wei Chen (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: TOYO AUTOMATION CO., LTD.
B25B5/02B25B5/102
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,219,983
App. No.
16/551,808
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a gripper device which comprises: a belt pulley driven by a power-driven motor; a belt and another belt pulley driven by the above belt pulley; a ball screw driven and rotated by the belt pulley; nut brackets driven to be shifted along two rigid guideways by two reverse threads at both sides of the ball screw, respectively; a plurality of steel balls, which are installed between a nut bracket and a rigid guideway and sustain more stresses when a workpiece is clamped between two upper slide on the nut brackets.

Claims (16)

1. A gripper device, comprising:

a belt pulley driven by a transmission shaft of a power-driven motor fixed on a first anchor plate clockwise or counterclockwise;

a belt and another belt pulley, both of which are driven by said above belt pulley;

a ball screw is driven and rotated by said belt pulley fixed on said ball screw;

two ball nuts, which are accommodated inside two nut brackets and driven by two reverse threads at both sides of said ball screw, respectively, wherein said ball nut regulated by a packing nut is limitedly shifted in the same axial direction of said ball screw;

said nut brackets shifted along two rigid guideways;

said rigid guideways securely installed between a first anchor plate and a second anchor plate; and

a plurality of steel balls, which are accommodated between said nut bracket and said rigid guideway and sustain more stresses when a workpiece is clamped between two upper slide sockets on said nut brackets; wherein said nut bracket comprises two steel ball grooves in which said steel balls are accommodated.

2. The gripper device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a plurality of guard strips mounted at both sides of said nut bracket.

3. The gripper device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said steel balls do not contact with said guard strips directly.

4. The gripper device as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said rigid guideways comprises two guideway areas and a blockage area between said guideway areas.

5. The gripper device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a ball bearing between said packing nut and said first anchor plate.

6. The gripper device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a ball bearing between said packing nut and said second anchor plate.

7. The gripper device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said steel balls are stably shifted along said rigid guideway with a retention slot on said first anchor plate and said retention slot on said second anchor plate abutting said rigid guideway.

8. The gripper device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a dustproof shell which prevents the ball screw from being pollution.

9. The gripper device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said upper slide sockets match a plurality of fixture blocks to clamp a workpiece stably.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2019
From: TSENG, KUN CHENG; TENG, KUEI TUN; CHEN, HSIANG WEI
To: TOYO AUTOMATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050175/0220 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 108116255 · May 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200353596A1 · Nov 12, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,691,594