Linear member gripping device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12090644-B2
Application number	US-202017634550-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2020
Priority date	Sep 25, 2019
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

A linear member gripping device includes: a first gripping member that abuts a linear member; a second gripping member that abuts the linear member and has a protrusion; a first drive part and a second drive part that change relative positions of the first and second gripping members; and a limitation part that limits movement of the linear member sandwiched between the first and second gripping members at a predetermined limitation position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A linear member gripping device, comprising:
a first gripping member, having a first gripping surface that abuts a linear member to be gripped;
a second gripping member, having a second gripping surface that abuts the linear member and faces the first gripping surface, and having a protrusion protruding toward the first gripping surface from the second gripping surface;
a first drive part, changing relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member in a first direction being a direction in which the first gripping member and the second gripping member approach or depart from each other, and a second drive part, changing the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a limitation part, limiting movement of the linear member sandwiched between the first gripping member and the second gripping member toward the second direction at a predetermined limitation position; and
an insertion member, configured to be inserted into a predetermined position on a root side of the protrusion at a moment when the second drive part has driven the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member gripping the linear member in a direction in which the protrusion departs from the predetermined limitation position, the root side being a side close to the limitation part in the second direction.

2. The linear member gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein
after the first drive part drives the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member to approach each other,
the second drive part drives the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member so that the protrusion approaches the limitation position.

3. The linear member gripping device according to claim 2 , wherein
after the second drive part drives the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member so that the protrusion approaches the limitation position, the second drive part drives the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member in a direction in which the protrusion departs from the limitation position.

4. The linear member gripping device according to claim 3 , wherein
after the second drive part drives the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member in the direction in which the protrusion departs from the limitation position, the first gripping member and the second gripping member gripping the linear member move toward the root side in the second direction.

5. The linear member gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first gripping surface comprises a root side gripping surface, a tip side gripping surface, and a step surface connecting the root side gripping surface and the tip side gripping surface;
a distance between the root side gripping surface and the second gripping surface is larger than a distance between the tip side gripping surface and the second gripping surface.

6. The linear member gripping device according to claim 5 , wherein
when the linear member contacts the second gripping surface and the step surface, a straight line from a center point in a section of the linear member to a contact point between the second gripping surface and the linear member and a straight line from the center point to a contact point between the step surface and the linear member form an angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.

7. The linear member gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein
when the linear member contacts the first gripping surface and the protrusion, a straight line from a center point in a section of the linear member to a contact point between the first gripping surface and the linear member and a straight line from the center point to a contact point between the protrusion and the linear member form an angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.

8. The linear member gripping device according to claim 1 , further comprising a recognition part recognizing number of the linear member gripped by the first gripping surface and the second gripping surface.

9. The linear member gripping device according to claim 8 , wherein
the recognition part detects a distance between the first gripping surface and the second gripping surface, and recognizes the number of the linear member based on the distance detected.

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Nishimaki Satoru
• Komaya Takayuki
• Miki Nobumasa
• Seki Kazumasa
• Maeda Toshiaki
• Tanaka Toshinori

Classifications

• B25J9/1612

  characterised by the hand, wrist, grip control · CPC title

• H01B13/0003

  for feeding conductors or cables · CPC title

• B21F23/007 Primary

  using pick-up means, e.g. for isolating a predefined number of wires from a bundle · CPC title

• B25J15/08 Primary

  having finger members (B25J15/02, B25J15/04 take precedence) · CPC title

• B21F23/005 Primary

  Feeding discrete lengths of wire or rod · CPC title