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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. 04, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Görgen Johansson, Västerås, SE;
Ingvar Jonsson, Västerås, SE;
Inventors:
Görgen Johansson, Västerås, SE;
Ingvar Jonsson, Västerås, SE;
Assignee:
ABB AB, Västeråa, SE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An industrial robot including a tool flange at an end of an outer arm of the robot. A tool is secured to the tool flange. A sensor is configured to sense forces and/or torques applied to a tool secured to the tool flange. The sensor is built into the structure of the robot in the region of the tool flange.