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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:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazunori Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
A robot system including a robot body, a plurality of safety devices to stop the operation of the robot body, connecting portions respectively disposed between the plurality of safety devices, and output device to transmit an output signal to external equipment. The safety devices are respectively connected in series to each other, and the output device is removably connected to at least one of the plurality of connecting portions. The robot body includes a plurality of robot bodies, and respective ones of the plurality of robot bodies are connected to the plurality of safety devices.