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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Takehana, Matsumoto, JP;
Kenji Aoyagi, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 49/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 49/001 (2013.01); B25J 9/1025 (2013.01); F16H 2049/003 (2013.01); Y10S 901/25 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot includes a base, a first arm that is provided to be rotatable with respect to the base, and a gear device that transmits a driving force from the base to the first arm. The gear device has a flexible gear. The flexible gear has a cylindrical body portion and a bottom portion that is connected to one end portion of the body portion. The bottom portion has a metal flow radially extending from a center side to an outer peripheral side of the bottom portion.