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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:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeshi Yakou, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J / ; B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294106 ; 294 864 ; 901 32 ; 901 39 ;
Abstract
A part gripping hand apparatus according to the present invention includes a body, drive motors disposed at three points on the body which are not on a straight line, arms integrally mounted on the drive shafts of the drive motors and extending from the center of rotation along radial directions with a predetermined length, finger members mounted on the ends of the arms, and a control unit for positioning and controlling the finger members at any position with the circumference of each of the finger members as the operation range.