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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Ati Industrial Automation, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Inventor:
Brendon FitzPatrick, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
ATI Industrial Automation, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/04 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0408 (2013.01); B25J 15/0416 (2013.01); B25J 19/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic tool changer includes master and tool assemblies that are coupled by urging a plurality of rolling members contained in openings in the master assembly into contact with a bearing race contained in the tool assembly. Accumulations of debris in and around the contact points between the rolling members and bearing race are permitted to escape via a series of debris passages formed between the rolling members and the openings when the master and tool assemblies are coupled.