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Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2024
Applicant:

Universal Robots A/s, Odense S, DK;

Inventor:

Steffen Henrik Johansen, Odense S, DK;

Assignee:

Universal Robots A/S, Odense S, DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 49/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01D 5/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 49/001 (2013.01); B25J 9/1025 (2013.01); B25J 19/021 (2013.01); B25J 19/027 (2013.01); G01D 5/142 (2013.01); G01D 5/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A strain wave gear includes an outer ring and an inner ring rotatably arranged in the outer ring. The inner ring includes an internally toothed gear and a flex spline is arranged in the inner ring and includes a flexible part that includes an external toothed gear. A wave generator is rotatable in relation to the flex spline and is configured to flex the flexible part in a radial direction to partly mesh the external toothed gear with the internally toothed gear causing rotation of the inner ring in relation to the outer ring. A part of the inner ring extends out of the outer ring and includes an outwardly protruding output flange. An encoder reader can be disposed on the outer ring and an encoder track can disposed on the inner ring. A robot joint that includes the strain wave gear is also disclosed.


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