Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
414744400 |
Moving pivot
| 52 |
414744300 |
And moving vertically
| 17 |
414744600 |
And moving load support radially with respect to pivot
| 7 |
414744800 |
With means to actuate load gripper | 5 |
20090155040 | Pipe Grapple Apparatus and Method - A grappler for use in grasping and manipulating pipe segments for large diameter pipeline tie-ins has a first frame and a second frame movably secured thereto. A pair of grapple arms is pivotally mounted to each frame and is actuated between a open position and a closed position to engage and grasp the pipe segments. An actuator displaces the second frame relative to the first frame in a first degree of movement to displace one pair of grapple arms relative to the other pair of arms, and a support frame provides the grappler with two additional degrees of movement. When mounted to a backhoe or like device, the grappler facilitates safe retrieval of pipe from hazardous trenches, and provides handling and alignment of the pipe segments for easier and safer welding of the pipe joints. | 06-18-2009 |
20100135760 | VACUUM GRIPPING APPARATUS - A gripper grasps irregular and deformable work pieces so as to lift and hold packaged, processed, or raw, and manipulate the work pieces for the purpose of material handling, assembly, packaging, and other robotic and automated manipulative functions. A vacuum is induced at multiple points through a flexible gripping hood to provide lifting force to, and facilitate rapid movement of, work pieces. An array of lighting devices and a double ring array of segmented mirrors provide uniform illumination to ensure accurate positioning of the gripping hood with respect to the work piece to be manipulated. | 06-03-2010 |
20130058751 | MICROMANIPULATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE SYSTEM FOR CAPILLARIES - A manipulation system for microscope applications comprises a micromanipulation tool ( | 03-07-2013 |
20140017055 | MATERIAL REPLACEMENT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus for replacing materials for a device is mounted on a base. The electronic apparatus comprises an installing mechanism and a controlling mechanism for controlling the operations of the installing mechanism. The controlling mechanism can position materials on the device and can remove the materials from the device. | 01-16-2014 |
20150098787 | Pick Up And Placement Tools For Items - An item with fibers may be picked up and placed using a tool head with hooks that engage the fibers. The tool head may comprise at least one hook portion and at least one contact surface adjacent to the hook portion. The hooks that engage the fibers may extend from the hook portion. The tool head may be actuatable between at least a first configuration that permits the hooks to engage the fibers and a second configuration that does not permit the hooks to engage the fibers. An item may be picked up at a starting location with a tool head in the first configuration and placed at a placement location by moving the tool head and then actuating the tool head to the second configuration. | 04-09-2015 |
414744700 |
And vertically reorienting load support | 2 |
20080298945 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXTENDING THE REACH OF A DUAL SCARA ROBOT LINKAGE - Methods and apparatus are provided for the use of a dual Selective Compliant Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA) robot. In some embodiments two SCARAs are provided, each including an elbow joint, wherein the two SCARAs are vertically stacked such that one SCARA is a first arm and the other SCARA is a second arm, and wherein the second arm is adapted to support a first substrate, and the first arm is adapted to extend to a full length when the second arm supports the first substrate, and wherein the first substrate supported by the second arm is coplanar with the elbow joint of the first arm, and the second arm is further adapted to move concurrently in parallel (and/or in a coordinated fashion) with the first arm a sufficient amount to avoid interference between the first substrate and the elbow joint of the first arm. Numerous other embodiments are provided. | 12-04-2008 |
20160067869 | HIGH CAPACITY ROBOT ARM - A robot arm includes a wrist, an end effector, and an adjustable joint coupling the end effector to the wrist. The adjustable joint includes a member received in a socket. In one example, the member is a ball. In another example, the member is a tang. In both examples, an upper flange and a lower flange can be used to couple the wrist to a forearm. | 03-10-2016 |
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Document | Title | Date |
20090191039 | TRANSPORT ARM AND ASSEMBLY LINE USING THE SAME - A transport arm of the present disclosure includes a pneumatic cylinder and an acting arm. The pneumatic cylinder includes a main body, a piston rod, a piston and a guiding pin. A chamber is defined in the main body. The piston rod is partially received in the chamber of the main body. The piston rod defines a guiding groove therein, and a section of the guiding groove is slanted relative to an axis of the piston rod. The piston is fixed to the piston rod and partitions the chamber of the main body into two chambers. The guiding pin is fixed to the main body, and an end of the guiding pin adjacent to the guiding groove of the piston rod moveably engages in the guiding groove. The acting arm is fixed to an end of the piston rod opposite to the piston. | 07-30-2009 |
20090232630 | TENDON ENHANCED END EFFECTOR - An end effector assembly for a substrate transfer robot is described. The end effector assembly includes a robot wrist. At least one end effector is secured to the robot wrist. The end effector has a fixed end, a free end, a load-supporting surface and a tension member. The fixed end is coupled with the robot wrist. The free end is disposed opposite to the fixed end. The load-supporting surface is coupled between the fixed end and the free end. The tension member is coupled with the load-supporting surface between the fixed end and the free end. | 09-17-2009 |
20100092274 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM - The present invention shows a transport system for the transport of bulk goods, in particular of concrete, comprising a transport belt for the conveying of the bulk goods to an unloading point, wherein a rotary arm is provided which is rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation and which transports bulk goods to its free end and unloads them there. In this respect, the rotary arm is supported at a holder which is or can be arranged at a stationary support column such that the axis of rotation of the rotary arm extends eccentrically to the support column, with the rotary arm advantageously being arranged next to the support column, viewed from above, in at least one rotational position. The invention furthermore shows a corresponding support column as well as a method for the rebuilding of the transport system. | 04-15-2010 |
20100232921 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS - Provided is a substrate transfer apparatus which can perform stable and highly accurate transfer without making a configuration complicated. A substrate transfer apparatus according to the present invention includes a multijoint arm whose one end is arranged on a base and the other end is connected to a hand for supporting a substrate, a linear guide for guiding a rectilinear movement of the hand, and a belt driving mechanism for moving the hand along a guide rail of the linear guide. The substrate transfer apparatus having such a configuration supports a load acting on the hand by the multijoint arm and ensures rectilinear transfer performance of the hand by the linear guide. Therefore, since a special mechanism for passing the substrate through a dead point is not required, the configuration is prevented from becoming complicated. Furthermore, since the load does not directly act on the linear guide, high transfer accuracy can be obtained. | 09-16-2010 |
20100247280 | High temperature ball bearing - A ball bearing having external surfaces coated with ceramic materials is provided. The raceways of the ball bearing may advantageously be formed of metal such as stainless steel. The ceramic coating acts as an insulator increasing the resistance of the ball bearing to heat within the ball bearing environment. The balls within the raceway of the ball bearing may advantageously be coated with a lubricant to decrease friction in the ball bearing because the insulating ceramic coating prevents the environmental heat from causing the degradation of the lubricant. | 09-30-2010 |
20100284774 | BOTTLE TRANSFER ASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS FOR USE THEREIN - Apparatus for a bottle forming machine; wherein the apparatus comprises i) a tong arm assembly for gripping a formed bottle and for transferring it from a first location to a second location through a swinging action about a shaft, and ii) a drive that drives said swinging action; characterised in that the apparatus further comprises the following: a) a release mechanism that can disengage a tong head assembly from the drive when a collision occurs; and/or b) a tensioning device that automatically maintains tension in a drive belt or chain when the assembly is in use. | 11-11-2010 |
20120189419 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - An industrial robot including a first arm which has a first arm portion, and a second arm portion supported by the first arm portion. The industrial robot also includes a second arm which has a third arm portion and a fourth arm portion supported by the third arm portion. The first arm and the second arm can be expanded/retracted independently. A turning center of the first arm portion and a turning center of the third arm portion are placed coaxially. The first arm and the second arm are constructed so as to be almost line-symmetric with respect to an imaginary line under the condition that the first arm and the second arm are retracted. The first arm portion, the third arm portion, the second arm portion, and the fourth arm portion are placed in this order in a vertical direction. | 07-26-2012 |
20120224943 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE HAVING PLATFORM FOR MAINTENANCE WORK - A construction machine including: a lower propelling body; an upper slewing body having a rear region with an engine room; a slewing device for slewing the upper slewing body; and a platform cover. The slewing device includes a slewing electric motor having an electric-motor output shaft, and a speed reducer having a speed-reducer output shaft rotated more slowly than the electric-motor output shaft, the speed reducer installed forward of the engine room such that the speed-reducer output shaft points downward, the slewing electric motor disposed just above the speed reducer. The platform cover is provided on a top of the slewing electric motor, having an upper surface serving as a platform for maintenance of equipment in the engine room. The platform cover is lower than the engine cover and adjacent to a front side of the engine room. | 09-06-2012 |
20130011233 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine has a hydraulic pump driven by a prime mover, a hydraulic motor, an electric motor, a storage device for delivering and receiving electric power to and from the electric motor, and a controller for exercising drive control of the electric motor. A speed reduction mechanism for transmitting drive forces of the electric motor and hydraulic motor to a swing structure is also provided. The controller includes inductive voltage waveform detecting means for detecting an inductive voltage waveform of the electric motor, and magnetic pole position computing means for, in a state where the swing structure is driven only by the torque of the hydraulic motor, taking in the inductive voltage waveform from the inductive voltage detecting means and computing a magnetic pole position of a rotor of the electric motor on the basis of the inductive voltage waveform and not via a rotation position sensor. | 01-10-2013 |
20130058750 | HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hybrid construction machine is capable of performing satisfactory operations even when trouble occurs that disables the electric motor from outputting torque. The hybrid construction has both a hydraulic motor and an electric motor driving the swing structure and a controller for switching between a hydraulic/electric hybrid swing mode (using both the hydraulic motor and the electric motor) and a hydraulic-alone swing mode (using only the hydraulic motor). The switching is executed while achieving satisfactory operability and performance in each mode. Normally, an energy saving operation is performed in the hydraulic/electric hybrid swing mode. When the electric amount of an electricity storage device has gone out of a prescribed range or an abnormality has occurred in an electric system (e.g., failure of an inverter), the swing mode is switched to the hydraulic-alone swing mode so that driving with normal braking torque is possible by the hydraulic motor alone. | 03-07-2013 |
20130164108 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSPORTING APPARATUS - A substrate supporting apparatus comprises a substrate support that supports a substrate; a first connecting member that is connected to the substrate support and includes a first magnet; a second connecting member that is arranged while facing the first connecting member, is connectable to a transport robot for transporting the substrate to a substrate holder, and includes a second magnet magnetically coupled with the first magnet; and a spacer configured to hold an interval between the first connecting member and the second connecting member, wherein the first connecting member and the second connecting member are relatively movable in a plane direction of the substrate via the spacer. | 06-27-2013 |
20130164109 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine includes: a work device; an operation device which receives a manipulation; a hydraulic unit including a hydraulic motor; an electric unit including an electric motor and an energy storage unit; a control device which makes the electric power of the energy storage unit assist the hydraulic unit upon the manipulation for the drive side, and makes the electric motor generate regenerative electric power unit upon the manipulation for the regeneration side; and a power-discharge command unit which issues a discharge command for the energy storage unit. Upon receiving the discharge command, the control device operates the electric motor to lower a voltage of the energy storage unit upon the manipulation for the drive side, and makes only the hydraulic unit decelerate or stop the work device upon the manipulation for the regeneration side. | 06-27-2013 |
20130195597 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE HAVING SWING BODY - Disclosed is a hybrid-type construction machine equipped with a swing hydraulic motor | 08-01-2013 |
20130223967 | Working Machine - A hydraulic excavator includes: a revolving upperstructure; a working device attached to the revolving upperstructure; an operator's cab which has a rear window and is disposed in a front position of the revolving upperstructure; and an engine room which is disposed in a rear position adjacent to the operator's cab and has a ceiling part made of a cover member. A part of the cover member located near the operator's cab is made of an inclined surface part having a shape whose height gradually increases toward the rear of a vehicle body with the vicinity of a lower end part of the rear window as a start point during a predetermined distance immediately after the operator's cab. The height of the start point of the inclined surface part may be set equal to or lower than the height of the lower end part of the rear window. | 08-29-2013 |
20130294876 | Construction Machine - To provide a construct ion machine in which the temperature of a battery and aqueous urea within an aqueous urea tank can be prevented from rising and high stability can be secured in the vehicle body. | 11-07-2013 |
20130302127 | SHOVEL - An electric motor receives electric power from an electricity storage module. A drive target is driven by the electric motor. The electricity storage module has a plurality of protection plates, which are stacked up in a stacked direction, and a plate-shaped electricity storage cell, which is interposed between the protection plates adjacent to each other. The protection plates have a positional restriction shape for restricting a relative position with respect to a positional restriction direction which is perpendicular to the stacked direction. | 11-14-2013 |
20140044514 | SLEWING TYPE WORKING MACHINE - A slewing-type working machine capable of reducing back pressure generated during slewing. The slewing-type working machine includes: a base carrier; an upper slewing body; a hydraulic motor including first and second ports and slewing the upper slewing body; a hydraulic pump, a slewing operation device including an operating member; a control valve controlling the hydraulic motor based on the operation signal of the slewing operation device; first and second pipe-lines connecting the first and second ports of the hydraulic motor to the control valve; a communication switching device capable of switching communication and cutting of between both pipe-lines and the tank; and a switching command section operating the communication switching devices, when the upper slewing body is slewed, to bring only a pipe-line, which corresponds to a discharge-side pipe-line of the hydraulic motor, of the pipe-lines into communication with the tank, while bypassing the control valve. | 02-13-2014 |
20140093346 | Covering System - A covering system for removably covering a vehicle, such as a boat, that includes a plurality of rotatively anchored swing arms rotatable between a covered position and an uncovered position. Each swing arm includes a mount and a pretensioner formed of one or more stays adjustably attached to part of a shaft of the arm to adjust an applied preload and transfer forces encountered during operation to part of the shaft rotatively anchored by the mount to a grounded structure such as a piling or post of a dock. The swing arms are pivotally connected to an elongate transversely extending carriage from which a cover is suspended with a boom of each arm connected to the carriage by a pivot assembly that also facilitates carriage and cover position adjustment. A pivot limiter can be included that limits or even stops pivoting of the carriage relative to the swing arm boom. | 04-03-2014 |
20140133949 | HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR - A hydraulic excavator basically includes a counterweight, an engine compartment, an equipment compartment, a cab, a plurality of steps, a passage and a pair of antenna supporting parts for supporting a pair of GNSS antennas, respectively. The antenna supporting parts are positioned ΒΌ or more of the vehicle width away from the revolving center and are positioned closer to the revolving center than a left rear edge of the passage. The left rear edge of the passage is the position furthest away from the revolving center of the steps and the passage. | 05-15-2014 |
20140154037 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PICK & TRANSFER AND BONDING - Various embodiments provide a system for pick and transfer of semiconductor chips. The system comprises: a rotating arm; two pick up heads attached at respective end portions of the rotating arm; and a camera system for inspecting a chip pick-up position in a vertical line of sight configuration. Also, an axis of rotation of the rotating arm is offset from the line of sight. Various embodiments also provide a corresponding method. | 06-05-2014 |
20140178167 | ROTATION CONTROL DEVICE AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE INCLUDING ROTATION CONTROL DEVICE - The invention provides a rotation control device capable of reducing a loss of a power of a hydraulic pump in a backward direction operation and also provides a construction machine including the same. The controller controls a capacity of the hydraulic pump such that, in a forward direction operation in which an operating direction detected by the operation sensor and a rotating direction detected by a rotation sensor coincide with each other, the capacity of the hydraulic pump is increased in accordance with an increase in the operation amount detected by an operation sensor, on the other hand, restricts the capacity of the hydraulic pump more in a backward direction operation, in which the operating direction detected by the operation sensor and the rotating direction detected by the rotation sensor are reverse to each other, than in the forward direction operation. | 06-26-2014 |
20140241842 | ELECTRICAL SWIVEL WORKING MACHINE - An electrical swivel working machine includes a lower-part traveling body; an upper-part swivelling body mounted on the lower-part traveling body so as to be rotatable relative to the lower-part traveling body; a swivel mechanism supporting the upper-part swivelling body so that the upper-part swivelling body is rotatable relative to the lower-part traveling body; a motor for sniveling the upper-part swivelling body relative to the lower-part traveling body as a drive source of the swivel mechanism; and a swivel control part generating a drive command for driving the motor, wherein the swivel control part performs a slip prevention mode where a swivel operation of the upper-part swivelling body is mild relative to an ordinary swivel mode. | 08-28-2014 |
20140271081 | SHUTTER BLADE AND ROBOT BLADE WITH CTE COMPENSATION - Processing chamber shutter blade and robot blade assemblies are constructed to eliminate thermal effects on the placement of elements in processing chambers. Such blade assemblies may contain at least two parts, which may include a positioning member including a low CTE material and a thermal compensating member including a high CTE material. The positioning member includes a coupling point and a reference point on a reference axis separated by a first distance. The thermal compensating member includes a connection point and a controlled point separated by another distance that is less than the first distance. A distance ratio of the first distance to the other distance is substantially equal to a CTE ratio of the high CTE material to the low CTE material, and the positioning member is joined to the thermal compensating member through the coupling point and the connection point. | 09-18-2014 |
20140301817 | CRADLE & CABLE HANDLER FOR A TEST HEAD MANIPULATOR - In one aspect, a cradle system for supporting a load, the cradle system comprising a first arm with a first carriage assembly axially adjustable therealong and a second arm, opposite the first arm, with a second carriage assembly axially adjustable therealong. An actuator is associated with the first and second carriage assemblies and configured such that actuation of the actuator causes the first and second carriage assemblies to move axially in opposite directions. In another aspect, a cable support system comprising a support column and one or more tethers supported by the support column and configurable so that at least one tether is configured to move its supported cable in the same or opposite direction as the test head moves at a rate that is a constant multiplied by the test heads rate of motion where the constant may be greater than, equal to, or less than one. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301818 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A substrate transport apparatus for transporting substrates, the substrate transport apparatus including a frame, at least one transfer arm connected to the frame, at least one end effector mounted to the at least one transfer arm and at least one substrate support pad disposed on the at least one end effector, the at least one substrate support pad has a configuration that effects increased friction force, resulting from an increased friction coefficient, in at least one predetermined direction. | 10-09-2014 |
20140348622 | WAFER TRANSPORT APPARATUS - An object is to make it possible to adequately reduce the wafer transport time and to contribute to size-reduction of the semiconductor processing system. | 11-27-2014 |
20150125248 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - Provided is a construction machine including an upper slewing body slewably mounted on a lower travelling body and an electric component attached to the upper slewing body. The upper slewing body includes an operator seat, a seat stand including a top plate portion having an upper surface on which the operator seat is placed, an engine disposed below the top plate portion, a heat exchanger disposed, with a space between the heat exchanger and the seat stand, on one outer side of the seat stand in a width direction; and a partition member disposed in the space to vertically partition the space so as to block upward transmission of heat of the engine. The electric component is disposed above the partition member and on the one outer side of the seat stand inside the upper slewing body. | 05-07-2015 |
20150147148 | SUBSTRATE HANDLING SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING AND ORIENTING SUBSTRATES DURING A TRANSFER OPERATION - A system for sensing, orienting, and transporting wafers in an automated wafer handling process that reduces the generation of particles and contamination so that the wafer yield is increased. The system includes a robotic arm for moving a wafer from one station to a destination station, and an end-effector connected to an end of the robotic arm for receiving the wafer. The end-effector includes a mechanism for gripping the wafer, a direct drive motor for rotating the wafer gripping mechanism, and at least one sensor for sensing the location and orientation of the wafer. A control processor calculates the location of the center and the notch of the wafer based on measurements by the sensor(s) and generates an alignment signal for rotating the wafer gripping mechanism so that the wafer is oriented at a predetermined position on the end-effector while the robotic arm is moving to another station. | 05-28-2015 |
20160010694 | THRUST RAIL AND SWING GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR A MINING VEHICLE | 01-14-2016 |
20160107317 | ROBOT HAVING END EFFECTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an end effector including: blade members for holding substrates, each configured to hold the substrate, and configured such that each interval between the blade members can be changed; a blade support unit configured to support the blade members, the blade support unit being configured to be driven integrally with the blade members by the robot; and blade drive means configured to change the interval between the blade members by moving at least one of the blade members relative to another blade member. | 04-21-2016 |
20160152418 | Controlled Acceleration and Transfer of Items Via a Rotating Platform | 06-02-2016 |
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