Suction structure, robot hand and robot

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9108320-B2
Application number	US-201414324244-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2014
Priority date	Jul 8, 2013
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

A suction structure includes a fixing base, a pad fixed to the fixing base and a seal member arranged between the pad and the fixing base. The pad includes a contact portion arranged to make contact with a target object to be sucked, a space surrounded by the contact portion, a suction hole through which the space communicates with a vacuum source via the seal member, and one or more support portions fixing the pad to the fixing base. Each of the support portions is arranged on an axis of tilting movement, and being provided with a twist portion for supporting the contact portion such that the contact portion makes the tilting movement about the axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A suction structure comprising:
a fixing base;
a pad fixed to the fixing base; and
a seal member arranged between the pad and the fixing base and having elasticity,
wherein the pad includes a contact portion arranged to make contact with a target object to be sucked, a space surrounded by the contact portion, a suction hole through which the space communicates with a vacuum source via the seal member, and one or more support portions fixing the pad to…

Assignees

• Yaskawa Denki Seisakusho Kk

Inventors

• Furuichi Masatoshi

Classifications

• H10P72/3402

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H10P72/78

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y10S414/141

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y10S901/40

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B65G47/91

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic