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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Applicant:
X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Marc Strauss, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 18/00 (2006.01); F16B 7/04 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0475 (2013.01); B25J 15/0433 (2013.01); B25J 15/0491 (2013.01); B25J 18/002 (2013.01); F16B 7/0426 (2013.01); B25J 9/16 (2013.01); B25J 13/00 (2013.01); Y10T 403/7045 (2015.01);
Abstract
Retention mechanisms are used for coupling two objects, such as coupling end-of-arm tooling to a robotic arm system. The retention mechanisms may include two mounting members, each of which may be attached to a respective object to be coupled, such as an end effector and a robotic device appendage. The retention mechanisms may use interlocking alternating fingers on each mounting members to cooperatively form a tapered annular channel into which an external retaining ring or disc spring fits and applies pressure to secure the opposing mounting members in tight proximity to each other.