Attachment structure for drive cables of robot and robot apparatus provided therewith

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9254575-B2
Application number	US-201414316269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2014
Priority date	Jul 5, 2013
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

An attachment structure for drive cables include a first fixing member and a second fixing member separate from the first fixing member, which are designed to fix the drive cables in a non-slidable manner. The first fixing member is disposed behind a pivot body of a robot so as to pivot together with the pivot body. The second fixing member is disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first fixing member in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of an arm of the robot. The drive cables are fixed so as to be convexly curved upward in a portion between the first fixing member and the second fixing member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An attachment structure for drive cables of a robot,
wherein the robot comprises a movable part which is movable so that the robot has any given position and posture, and a stationary part which is fixed independently of the position and posture of the robot,
wherein the movable part of the robot comprises:
a pivot body attached to the stationary part so as to be able to pivot around a pivot axis;
a first arm attached to the pivot body so as to be able…

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Murakami Wataru

Classifications

• Y10T74/20311

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y10S901/27

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B25J19/0025 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic