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Patent No.:

US 11623351 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2020

Bag-shaped actuator system, gripping device using the same, robotic hand, and usage method of robotic hand

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Akira Tsukui, Nagoya, JP;

Masaki Koike, Nagoya, JP;

Koichi Tanihara, Kariya, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Dickinson Wright, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Adam R Mott

Assistant Examiner:

Matthew C Gammon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0023 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/1633 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B25J 9/20 (2013.01); B25J 13/082 (2013.01); B25J 15/0004 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A bag-shaped actuator system includes: a bag-shaped actuator including an airtight bag member and flowable particulates filled in the bag member; a bag-member communication pipe configured to communicate with an inside of the bag member; a low-air-pressure-source communication pipe configured to communicate with a low air pressure source; a high-air-pressure-source communication pipe configured to communicate with a high air pressure source; a switching mechanism configured to perform switching between communication destinations of the bag member such that the inside of the bag member communicates with any of external air, the low-air-pressure-source communication pipe, and the high-air-pressure-source communication pipe via the bag-member communication pipe; and a switching controlling portion configured to control the switching between the communication destinations by the switching mechanism.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tsukui, Akira. (2023). Bag-shaped actuator system, gripping device using the same, robotic hand, and usage method of robotic hand (U.S. Patent No. 11623351). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11623351

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