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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2020
Syddansk Universitet, Odense, DK;
Terma A/s, Lystrup, DK;
Technicon Aps, Hobro, DK;
Nlr—netherlands Aerospace Centre, CM Amsterdam, NL;
Henrik Gordon Petersen, Odense, DK;
Lars-Peter Ellekilde, Odense, DK;
Ole Wennerberg Nielsen, Odense, DK;
Gudmundur Geir Gunnarsson, Odense, DK;
Casper Hansen, Galten, DK;
Jakob Rømsgaard, Hobro, DK;
André Alexander Westergaard, Ryomgaard, DK;
Asger Bloksma Krogstrup, Nibe, DK;
Asim Ikram, Odense, DK;
Jesper Freltoft, Odense, DK;
Phillippe Lovejoy-Courrier, Højbjerg, DK;
Johannes Cornelis De Kruijk, BE Kraggenburg, NL;
Abstract
An end effector for handling a sheet of flexible material. The end effector includes a support frame and manipulator assemblies, each attached to the support frame by a support mount. The manipulator assemblies include a holding tool having a lifting surface. The manipulator assemblies include a linear actuator, and the holding tool is connected to the linear actuator by a multiaxial joint. A drive provides—the displacement of the holding tool by the linear actuator. The end effector includes resilient members each rigidly affixed to two adjacent holding tools and positioned in a space providing a mutual distance between opposing faces of the adjacent holding tools, where each holding tool is connected to—adjacent holding tools—by the resilient members. The resilient members are configured to non-permanently deform in the space when adjacent holding tools are displaced relative to each other along displacement axes.