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Patent No.:

US 12290920 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2022

Arm module for a modular robot arm of an industrial robot

Applicant:

Beckhoff Automation Gmbh, Verl, DE;

Inventors:

Peter Kastler, Vienna, AT;

Clemens Maier, Bludenz, AT;

Christoph Zech, Mödling, AT;

Thomas Morscher, Vienna, AT;

Armin Pehlivan, Nüziders, AT;

Michael Jäger, Bürs, AT;

Peter Fischer, Hartberg, AT;

Thomas Rettig, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, DE;

Thorsten Bunte, Gütersloh, DE;

Christopher Pohl, Verl, DE;

Assignee:

Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Verl, DE;

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

T Scott Fix

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 19/02 (2005.12); B25J 9/00 (2005.12); B25J 9/04 (2005.12); B25J 13/08 (2005.12); B25J 17/02 (2005.12); H04B 3/60 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/0233 (2012.12); B25J 9/0009 (2012.12); B25J 9/0048 (2012.12); B25J 9/047 (2012.12); B25J 13/08 (2012.12); B25J 19/021 (2012.12); H04B 3/60 (2012.12);
Abstract

An arm module includes a housing with a first connection side controllably rotatable relative to a second connection side, about an axis of rotation. The first connection side has a rotatable first connection device. The second connection side has a second connection device fixed to the housing, with a rotation-compatible data transmission device for transmitting data signals along at least one transmission path between the first and second connection sides. The transmission path includes at least one wireless transmission sub-path for wireless transmission of data signals, and at least one wire-guided transmission sub-path for wire-guided transmission of data signals. The rotation-compatible data transmission device includes at least one first wireless transmission unit and at least one second wireless transmission unit, interconnected via the transmission path and arranged to wirelessly transmit and receive data signals along the wireless transmission sub-path. An industrial robot can have a plurality of such arm modules.

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