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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Applicant:
X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alex Shafer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bruce Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mitchell Barham, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01); F16H 1/28 (2006.01); F16D 13/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/046 (2013.01); B25J 9/102 (2013.01); B25J 9/126 (2013.01); F16D 13/52 (2013.01); F16H 1/28 (2013.01); Y10S 901/15 (2013.01); Y10S 901/23 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic arm system is provided. The system includes a one or more roll and/or angle actuators driven by a unidirectional drive. One or more clutches allow the actuators to engage and disengage with a drive shaft or a reverser assembly or angle drive coupled to the drive shaft, thereby permitting changes in rotational direction for the actuators without a change in the rotational direction of the drive.