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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2023
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Enable switch device () transitions to positionwhen not operated, to positionwhen mid-operated, and to positionwhen full-operated. Enable switch device () includes first switch (SW) and second switch (SW) each being a two-position switch, and first signal processor (). First signal processor () determines in which one of positionstoan operated state of enable switch device () is, based on an output signal of first switch (SW) and an output signal of second switch (SW). First signal processor () detects presence or absence of failure in each of first switch (SW) and second switch (SW).