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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Noriaki Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/08 (2013.01); B25J 15/0233 (2013.01);
Abstract
A grasping mechanism including a first grasping piece and a second grasping piece that are coupled with each other so as to be pivotable about a pivoting axis, a pulling pulley that is supported by the second grasping piece so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the pivoting axis, and a wire whose distal end is secured to one grasping piece and that is wound around the pulling pulley so that a resultant force of tensile forces on both sides of the pulling pulley flanking the rotation axis generates a rotational moment about the pivoting axis in a closing direction of the second grasping piece.