Umbilical member clamping device for clamping umbilical members via elastic body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9751219-B2
Application number	US-201514840215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 31, 2015
Priority date	Sep 5, 2014
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

An umbilical member clamping device includes a base member attached to a body of a robot, an elastic body provided so as to surround a periphery of an umbilical member bundle including umbilical members, a clamp member secured to the base member so as to press the umbilical member bundle to the base member via the elastic body, and an insert member inserted to a corner portion of a space which receives the umbilical member bundle and which is defined by the clamp member and the base member when the clamp member is secured to the base member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An umbilical member clamping device configured to attach a plurality of umbilical members to an industrial robot, comprising:
a base member configured to be attached to a body of the robot;
an elastic body configured so as to surround a periphery of an umbilical member bundle including the umbilical members;
a clamp member secured to the base member and configured so as to press the umbilical member bundle to the base member via the elastic body; and
a plurality of insert members inserted to a respective corner portion of a space which is configured to receive the umbilical member bundle and which is defined by the clamp member and the base member when the clamp member is secured to the base member, each of the insert members having a first side with a shape corresponding to a shape of the clamp member and a second side having an arc shape corresponding to a shape of the elastic body, the insert members being spaced so as not to contact each other, each of the insert members configured to allow a surface of the elastic body surrounding the umbilical members to contact a surface of the clamp member;
wherein the first side of each of the plurality of insert members comprises a first surface perpendicular to a second surface to define a corner; and
wherein the elastic body is provided in a form of a sheet which is configured to wind around the umbilical member bundle.

2. The umbilical member clamping device according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic body has a hollow cylindrical shape.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Kono Eiji
• Kurebayashi Hidenori

Classifications

• Y10S901/23

  Electric motor · CPC title

• F16L3/1222

  the member having the form of a closed ring, e.g. used for the function of two adjacent pipe sections · CPC title

• F16L3/1016

  the members being joined by means of two screws · CPC title

• F16L3/23

  for a bundle of pipes or a plurality of pipes placed side by side in contact with each other (F16L3/237 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B25J19/0025 Primary

  Means for supplying energy to the end effector · CPC title