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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.:

US 10518372 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2017

Compound prismatic platforms for use in robotic systems

Applicant:

Kindred Systems Inc., Vancouver, CA;

Inventors:

Nicolas Normand Bergeron, San Mateo, CA (US);

Thomas John Hummel, San Mateo, CA (US);

David Gabriel Hallock, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

Kindred Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

Primary Examiner:

Emily P Pham

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 1/54 (2006.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); G05D 16/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/02 (2006.01); B25J 13/04 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/10 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 1/54 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0006 (2013.01); B25J 9/0048 (2013.01); B25J 9/0087 (2013.01); B25J 9/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/046 (2013.01); B25J 9/102 (2013.01); B25J 9/144 (2013.01); B25J 13/003 (2013.01); B25J 13/006 (2013.01); B25J 13/025 (2013.01); B25J 13/04 (2013.01); B25J 15/0009 (2013.01); B25J 15/103 (2013.01); B25J 19/005 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); G05D 16/00 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for use with a robot may couple to or form part of an appendage, for example a wrist. The apparatus can include a base, a first platform, a second platform, a first set of linear actuators that moveably couple the first platform to the base and a second set of linear actuators that moveably couple the second platform to the first platform. The apparatus can take the form of dual prismatic platforms. A controller can provide control signals to operate the linear actuators to cause the first platform to translate and rotate with respect to the base and to cause the second platform to translate and rotate with respect to the first platform. Connectors can couple the base to an appendage and couple an end effector to the second platform.

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