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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1983
Tsudoi Murakami, Kobe, JP;
Yasuhide Nagahama, Kobe, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A flexible wrist mechanism for industrial robots, manipulators and the like, the wrist mechanism having in series two or more wrist articulates each consisting of at least a first wrist element located on a drive side and a second wrist element located on a driven side swingably relative to the first wrist element, characterized in that the wrist mechanism includes a coupling shaft disposed perpendicular to the axes of the first and second wrist elements and connecting the first and second elements pivotally relative to each other; a reducer interposed between the second wrist element and the coupling shaft to restrict the pivoting angle of the second wrist element relative to the first wrist element; and a rotation transfer mechanism rotationally connecting the coupling shafts of adjacent wrist articulates.