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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Thk Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshimasa Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Hidaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
THK CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/104 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
In order to extend a life span of a flexible cable passing through a movable portion, provided is a hand mechanism which has a plurality of fingers and grips an object with the fingers, including: a flexible cable; a joint which flexes or extends with the grip of the object, has a path for the flexible cable, and has a first surface and a second surface that is a surface bending from the first surface at a bending portion in the path; and a sheet which is provided between the first surface and the flexible cable to have flexibility and is formed such that a gap is provided between the second surface and the sheet.