Robotic arm for processing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9308644-B2
Application number	US-201314098050-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2013
Priority date	Dec 5, 2013
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

A robotic arm includes a motor, a ball screw spline shaft and a ball nut connected to the motor and attached to the ball screw spline shaft in such a manner that when the motor is started, the ball nut is rotated by the motor, and the ball screw spline shaft is forced to carry a movable seat linearly, causing the movable seat to synchronously move a tension bar to the position where a stopper member at the tension bar is stopped at a mount, and thus the movable seat can be pulled by the tension bar to bias a grip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A robotic arm for processing machine, comprising:
a mount;
a driving mechanism comprising a motor, a first belt pulley, a second belt pulley and a transmission belt, said motor being mounted at said mount and comprising a drive shaft, said first belt pulley being rotatably mounted in said mount and connected to said drive shaft of said motor, said second belt pulley being rotatably mounted in said mount, said transmission belt being adapted to link said first belt pulley and said second belt pulley;
a linear transmission mechanism comprising a ball screw spline shaft, a ball nut and a spline socket, said ball screw spline shaft being rotatably inserted through said mount, said ball nut being connected to said second belt pulley of said driving mechanism and attached to said ball screw spline shaft, said spline socket being affixed to said mount and attached to said ball screw spline shaft;
a positioning mechanism comprising a tension bar and a stopper member, said tension bar being axially movably inserted through said mount, said stopper member being radially inserted through said tension bar and detachably stopped against said mount; and
a gripping device comprising a movable seat and a grip connected to said movable seat, said movable seat comprising a first pivot joint part and a second pivot joint part, said first pivot joint part being pivotally connected to a bottom end of said ball screw spline shaft of said linear transmission mechanism, said second pivot joint part being pivotally connected to a bottom end of said tension bar of said positioning mechanism.

2. The robotic arm for processing machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said mount comprises a retaining groove located on a top wall thereof for receiving said stopper member.

3. The robotic arm for processing machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said tension bar comprises an axial slot, a screw hole disposed in communication with said axial slot and a spring accommodation hole disposed in communication with said axial slot; said stopper member is inserted through said axial slot of said tension bar; said positioning mechanism further comprises an adjustment bolt and a first compression spring, said adjustment bolt being threaded into said screw hole of said tension bar and topped against said stopper member, said first compression spring being accommodated in said spring accommodation hole of said tension bar and stopped against said stopper member opposite to said adjustment bolt.

4. The robotic arm for processing machine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said tension bar comprises a flange located at the bottom end thereof; said positioning mechanism further comprises a second compression spring sleeved onto said tension bar and stopped between said mount and said flange of said tension bar.

Assignees

• Hiwin Tech Corp

Inventors

• Hsieh Wu-Teng

Classifications

• B23Q1/4833

  followed perpendicularly by a single rotating pair · CPC title

• B25J9/0096

  co-operating with a working support, e.g. work-table · CPC title

• B23Q1/015

  Frames, beds, pillars · CPC title

• B23Q1/5493

  followed parallelly by a single sliding pair · CPC title

• Y10S901/21

  Flaccid drive element · CPC title