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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2007
Takashi Nakao, Kyoto, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nishida, Kyoto, JP;
Hideaki Nakanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Daigoro Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
Takashi Nakao, Kyoto, JP;
Tatsuhiko Nishida, Kyoto, JP;
Hideaki Nakanishi, Kyoto, JP;
Daigoro Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
Murata Machinery Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An end effecter is positioned with high precision by stabilizing its attitude. Included are arms each having a pair of rods arranged in parallel, a bracket having the end effecter attached thereto and retained by the pair of rods, ball joints and each including a first joint element having a ball and displaceably connecting the bracket with the arm and a second joint element having a socket for retaining the ball, a connecting member for connecting the pair of parallel rods together and restricting rotation of the rods about an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal direction thereof, and a biasing member for providing a biasing force for retaining the ball in the socket.