Action robot

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11312009-B2
Application number	US-201916599499-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2019
Priority date	May 21, 2019
Publication date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022

Abstract

An action robot includes a connector configured to connect a body to a movable part, a joint including a rotational body fastened to the movable part, a joint shaft provided to protrude from the rotational body, and a joint shaft supporting part provided in the connector to have a ring shape, the joint shaft being inserted into the joint shaft, a wire connected to the movable part to pull the movable part in a direction in which the joint is bent, a wire path provided in the connector, the wire path including an inlet which is disposed in the body and through which the wire passes, and a supporter disposed in the body to support the wire. An upper end of the supporter overlaps the inlet in a horizontal direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An action robot comprising:
a connector configured to connect a body to a movable part;
a joint including a rotational body fastened to the movable part, a joint shaft provided to protrude from the rotational body, and a joint shaft supporting part provided in the connector to have a ring shape, the joint shaft being inserted into the joint shaft supporting part;
a wire connected to the movable part to pull the movable part in a direction in which the joint is bent;
a wire path provided in the connector, the wire path including an inlet which is disposed in the body and through which the wire passes; and
a supporter disposed in the body to support the wire,
wherein an upper end of the supporter overlaps the inlet in a horizontal direction, and
wherein the action robot further comprises:
a tube embedded into the body to guide the wire, the tube including a flexible material; and
an inner frame disposed in the body, the supporter and the tube being mounted on the inner frame.

2. The action robot of claim 1 , wherein a perimeter of the inlet is chamfered.

3. The action robot of claim 1 , wherein an internal diameter of the inlet is greater than an internal diameter of the wire path.

4. The action robot of claim 1 , wherein
the connector is provided as a pair of connectors respectively disposed at both sides of the body, and
the upper end of the supporter is disposed between inlets of the pair of connectors.

5. The action robot of claim 4 , wherein the wire passes through a region between the supporter and one of the pair of connectors and enters an inlet provided in the other connector.

6. The action robot of claim 1 , wherein the supporter has a roller shape.

7. The action robot of claim 1 , wherein
the tube is provided in plurality, and
some of the plurality of tubes are mounted on a front portion of the inner frame, and the other some thereof are mounted on a rear portion of the inner frame.

8. The action robot of claim 1 , wherein a guide groove for guiding the wire passing through the tube to the supporter is provided in the inner frame.

9. The action robot of claim 1 , further comprising an inner cover body fastened to the inner frame to cover the supporter at a front region.

10. The action robot of claim 9 , wherein a guide groove for guiding the wire passing through the tube to the supporter is provided in the inner cover body.

11. The action robot of claim 9 , further comprising a connector wire configured to rotate the connector with respect to the body.

12. The action robot of claim 11 , wherein the connector wire is apart from the supporter.

13. The action robot of claim 11 , wherein
the tube is provided in plurality, and
the wire passes through one of the plurality of tubes, and the connector wire passes through one other tube.

14. The action robot of claim 11 , wherein
a rear hole through which the connector wire passes is provided in the inner frame, and
a front hole, which is disposed in front of the rear hole and through which the connector wire passes, is provided in the inner cover body.

15. The action robot of claim 14 , wherein the connector is connected to a portion of the connector wire between the rear hole and the front hole in a lengthwise direction of the connector wire.

16. The action robot of claim 11 , further comprising an elastic member configured to pull the connector wire.

17. The action robot of claim 16 , wherein
the tube is provided in plurality, and
the connector wire passes through one of the plurality of tubes, and the elastic member is disposed to surround one other tube.

18. An action robot comprising:
a connector configured to connect a body to a movable part;
a joint including a rotational body fastened to the movable part, a joint shaft provided to protrude from the rotational body, and a joint shaft supporting part provided in the connector to have a ring shape, the joint shaft being inserted into the joint shaft supporting part;
a wire connected to the movable part to pull the movable part in a direction in which the joint is bent;
a wire path provided in the connector, the wire path including an inlet which is disposed in the body and through which the wire passes; and
a supporter disposed in the body to support the wire,
wherein an upper end of the supporter overlaps the inlet in a horizontal direction, and
wherein the action robot further comprises:
a tube embedded into the body to guide the wire, the tube including a flexible material; and
a sub-supporter disposed between the tube and the supporter in a lengthwise direction of the wire to support the wire.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Sa Jaecheon
• Kim Namjin
• Kim Sanghun
• Kim Youngeun
• Kim Jideok

Classifications

• B25J11/0035 Primary

  Dancing, executing a choreography · CPC title

• B25J9/08

  characterised by modular constructions · CPC title

• B25J9/0009

  Constructional details, e.g. manipulator supports, bases · CPC title

• A63H13/04 Primary

  Mechanical figures imitating the movement of players or workers · CPC title

• A63H5/00

  Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical (musical tops A63H1/28; {sound-producing dolls A63H3/28; musical toy vehicles A63H17/268; acoustical vehicle-signalling devices A63H17/32; whistling toy locomotive arrangements A63H19/14}; music, sound or noise production in general G10) · CPC title