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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Ati Industrial Automation, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Allen Norton, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
ATI Industrial Automation, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0416 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic tool changer includes master and tool assemblies. When the master and tool assemblies are coupled, rolling members project from the master assembly and contact opposed sloped surfaces of a plurality of cutouts formed in a bearing race in the tool assembly. By contacting opposed sloped surfaces of a plurality of cutouts with the rolling members, torsional freeplay between the master and tool assemblies is eliminated or minimized.