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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alberto Rovetta, San Vittore Olona, MI (US);
Ilario Franchetti, San Vittore Olona, IT;
Pietro Vicentini, Rho, IT;
Assignee:
Alfa Romeo S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294106 ; 294111 ; 414-7 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a multi-purpose mechanical hand mainly for industrial applications and able to grip pieces of various shapes and dimensions. The mechanical hand according to the invention is constituted by at least three fingers, each finger being provided with articulated phalanges and a gripping element, the fingers being controlled by a system which enables the degree of tightening and the grip to be controlled by a force threshold method on the basis of the signal representing the force exerted by the individual finger.