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Granted Patent B2
US 12,220,812 · App. 17/428,713 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Robot device

Inventors: Shigeki Ono (Kobe, JP); Ryo Taniuchi (Kobe, JP); Shunsuke Wakimitsu (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B25J17/0283B25J9/06B25J17/0258B25J9/0009B25J9/12B25J19/0025
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Patent No.
US 12,220,812
App. No.
17/428,713
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A robot device includes a first link configured to rotate on a first axis, a second link supported by a tip-end part of the first link so as to be rotatable on a second axis, and a hand part supported by a tip-end part of the second link. When one direction perpendicular to the first axis is a first perpendicular direction, and a direction perpendicular to both the first axis and the first perpendicular direction is a second perpendicular direction, the second axis extends in parallel to the first perpendicular direction and is deviated from the first axis in the second perpendicular direction.

Claims (45)

1. A robot device, comprising:

a first link configured to rotate on a first axis, the first link including a tip-end part and a portion that extends from a base end of the first link to the tip-end part of the first link;

a second link supported by the tip-end part of the first link so as to be rotatable on a second axis; and

a hand part supported by a tip-end part of the second link, wherein

one direction perpendicular to the first axis is a first perpendicular direction, and a direction perpendicular to both the first axis and the first perpendicular direction is a second perpendicular direction, the second axis extends in parallel to the first perpendicular direction and is deviated from the first axis in the second perpendicular direction,

the tip-end part of the first link is bent away from the first axis so that the second link can rotate relative to the first link farther in a first direction around the second axis from a reference position than in an opposite direction around the second axis from the reference position, and

in the reference position, a length of the second link is parallel to a length of the portion, a central axis of the second link extends through a body of the portion, and the first axis extends through a body of the second link.

2. The robot device of claim 1 , wherein the first link and the second link include a line space, and

a supply line configured to supply electricity and/or material is in the line space,

the line space includes:

a first insertion hole in a central part of the first link and opening in the tip-end part of the first link;

a second insertion hole in a central part of the second link and opening in a base-end part of the second link; and

a gap space between a tip-end opening of the first insertion hole and a base-end opening of the second insertion hole, and

in a reference posture of the second link, the center of the base-end opening of the second insertion hole is deviated in the second perpendicular direction from the center of the tip-end opening of the first insertion hole.

3. The robot device of claim 1 , wherein the hand part includes:

a third link supported by the tip-end part of the second link so as to be rotatable on a third axis parallel to the second axis; and

a fourth link supported by the third link so as to be rotatable on a fourth axis perpendicular to the third axis.

4. The robot device of claim 1 , comprising:

a pedestal;

a swivel base supported by the pedestal so as to be rotatable on a swivel axis; and

an arm supported at a base-end part by the swivel base and supporting at the tip-end part the first link so as to be rotatable on the first axis.

5. The robot device of claim 1 , comprising a plurality of servomotors corresponding to joints.

6. The robot device of claim 2 , wherein the hand part includes:

a third link supported by the tip-end part of the second link so as to be rotatable on a third axis parallel to the second axis; and

a fourth link supported by the third link so as to be rotatable on a fourth axis perpendicular to the third axis.

7. The robot device of claim 2 , comprising:

a pedestal;

a swivel base supported by the pedestal so as to be rotatable on a swivel axis; and

an arm supported at a base-end part by the swivel base and supporting at the tip-end part the first link so as to be rotatable on the first axis.

8. The robot device of claim 3 , comprising:

a pedestal;

a swivel base supported by the pedestal so as to be rotatable on a swivel axis; and

an arm supported at a base-end part by the swivel base and supporting at the tip-end part the first link so as to be rotatable on the first axis.

9. The robot device of claim 6 , comprising:

a pedestal;

a swivel base supported by the pedestal so as to be rotatable on a swivel axis; and

an arm supported at a base-end part by the swivel base and supporting at the tip-end part the first link so as to be rotatable on the first axis.

10. The robot device of claim 2 , comprising a plurality of servomotors corresponding to joints.

11. The robot device of claim 3 , comprising a plurality of servomotors corresponding to joints.

12. The robot device of claim 4 , comprising a plurality of servomotors corresponding to joints.

13. The robot device of claim 6 , comprising a plurality of servomotors corresponding to joints.

14. The robot device of claim 7 , comprising a plurality of servomotors corresponding to joints.

15. The robot device of claim 8 , comprising a plurality of servomotors corresponding to joints.

16. The robot device of claim 9 , comprising a plurality of servomotors corresponding to joints.

17. The robot device of claim 1 , wherein an axial length of the tip-end part is less than an axial length of the portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2021
From: ONO, SHIGEKI; TANIUCHI, RYO; WAKIMITSU, SHUNSUKE
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057093/0173 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-073246 · Apr 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220126458A1 · Apr 28, 2022
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