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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
May. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/61 (2011.01); H01R 35/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/0041 (2013.01); H01R 12/61 (2013.01); H01R 35/025 (2013.01); H05K 1/189 (2013.01); H05K 3/3405 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10287 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a wiring unit having a main portion of a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board therein. Said rotary joint further comprises a protective unit fixed to said wiring unit, in which an end portion of said FPC board is connected to a group of cables. Also disclosed is a robot comprising said rotary joint. Compared with the existing prior arts, the proposed solutions prevent the damage of FPC during assembly and/or disassembly of robots, while not losing compactness.