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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:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Erik Carlson, Nedsoddtangen, NO;
Jan Endresen, Asker, NO;
Snorre Kjesbu, Slependen, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABB AB, Västeräs, SE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/18 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An industrial robot including a manipulator, a control unit for controlling the manipulator, and a portable operating unit for teaching and manually operating the robot. The portable operating unit is adapted for wireless communication with the control unit and includes an operator control. The invention increases the safety by ensuring that the operator is within the specified operating area.