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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:
May. 26, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 864 ; 294 991 ; 294907 ; 310332 ; 310800 ; 901 36 ; 901 46 ;
Abstract
In a grip device wherein bimorph type piezoelectric elements are employed for fingers or claws for grasping a workpiece, a grip device comprising bimorph type piezoelectric elements which are mounted on a grip body and which form finger or claws, a voltage feed circuit which is connected to the piezoelectric elements in order to bend and deform the piezoelectric elements, and a control circuit is connected to an end of the piezoelectric elements providing an output signal for controlling a grasping force for a workpiece.