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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2020
Minebea Mitsumi Inc., Nagano, JP;
Shotaro Miyawaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimasa Funasugi, Zama, JP;
Chizumi Moteki, Fukuroi, JP;
Shinichi Narita, Kakegawa, JP;
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A grasping device of the embodiment includes claw holding parts, a cam, pins, a motor, and a rail holding part. The claw holding parts are supported by rails in a slidable manner. The cam includes grooves or curved holes having a spiral shape provided around the rotation center and a hole provided at the rotation center. The pins each have one end engaged with the claw holding parts side and the other end engaged with the grooves or the curved holes of the cam. The motor includes a shaft to be fixed to the hole of the cam. The rail holding part is configured to hold the rails and engage a positioning jig with an end portion of the shaft at the side fixed to the cam and including a hole part with an inner peripheral surface where the outer peripheral surface of the jig is contactable.