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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. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Tino Kipping, Schmelz, DE;
Josef Kipping, Schmelz, DE;
Ulrich Knapp, Neunkirchen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH, Heilbronn, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A handling for components having a similar shape, particularly motor vehicle body parts, wherein a gripper on an arm of a robot can grip the component and its similarly-shaped other components with one and the same clamp device without re-tooling, is equipped with two gripper chucks on each clamp device. However, only one gripper chuck can be steered into the grab positions in each case, while the other gripper chuck is then located in the parking position outside a grab area on the component.