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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:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Rolls-royce Plc, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/06 (2006.01); B25J 18/06 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/065 (2013.01); B25J 17/0275 (2013.01); B25J 18/06 (2013.01); B25J 9/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hyper redundant robot comprising: a first disk; a second disk positioned adjacent to the first disk, the first disk and the second disk having a longitudinal axis; a first joint arrangement positioned between the first disk and the second disk, the first disk and/or the second disk being in sliding contact with the first joint arrangement to enable the first disk and the second disk to rotate relative to one another; and a second joint arrangement positioned between the first disk and the second disk, the second joint arrangement being less stiff than the first joint arrangement.