Robot
US-2016089797-A1 · Mar 31, 2016 · US
Robot
US9757864B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9757864-B2 |
| Application number | US-201514867467-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Publication date | Sep 12, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2017 |
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A robot includes an nth arm (n is a natural number), an (n+1)th arm rotatably supported with respect to the nth arm, and a connection destination selection part that can select a connection destination of a cable routing present inside of the nth arm from a cable routing present outside of the nth arm and a cable routing present inside of the (n+1)th arm.
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What is claimed is: 1. A robot comprising: an arm that has a first cable routing inside of the arm and that has a second cable routing outside of the arm; another arm that is rotatably supported by the arm and that has a third cable routing inside of the another arm; and a connection destination selection member that is configured to select one of first and second connection states, the first connection state having the first cable routing connected to the second cable routing instead of the third cable routing, the second connection state having the first cable routing connected to the third cable routing instead of the second cable routing, wherein the arm has a first connecting member for connecting the first cable routing and the second cable routing, and the first connecting member is within a circle having a radius that is equal to a shortest distance between a farthest part of the arm from of a rotation axis of the arm and the rotation axis of the arm. 2. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the connection destination selection member includes a relay to connect and detach the first cable routing present inside of the arm to and from a fourth cable routing communicating with the outside from the inside of the arm and the third cable routing reaching the inside of the another arm. 3. The robot according to claim 2 , wherein the relay includes at least two connecting parts to connect the third and fourth cable routings, and connection directions of the third and fourth cable routings to the respective connecting parts are different from each other. 4. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the another arm includes a second connecting member for connecting the third cable routing present inside of the another arm and a fifth cable routing present outside of the another arm. 5. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein the arm includes an extra length housing part in which at least a part of an extra length portion of the first cable routing present inside of the arm is housed, and a size of the circle is defined by the extra length housing part. 6. The robot according to claim 1 , wherein a sixth cable routing extending from the inside of the arm to the inside of the another arm has an extra length portion bent in an opposite direction to a direction from the arm to the another arm, and then, further bent toward the another arm.
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using articulated- or supple-guiding elements · CPC title
Arm part · CPC title
- B25J19/0029Primary
arranged within the different robot elements · CPC title
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- What does patent US9757864B2 cover?
- A robot includes an nth arm (n is a natural number), an (n+1)th arm rotatably supported with respect to the nth arm, and a connection destination selection part that can select a connection destination of a cable routing present inside of the nth arm from a cable routing present outside of the nth arm and a cable routing present inside of the (n+1)th arm.
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Seiko Epson Corp
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B25J19/0029. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Sep 12 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
- What related patents are in patentsdb?
- We list 4 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).