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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:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2007
Applicants:
Daniel Allen Norton, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Joseph Hill, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Michael L. Gloden, Apex, NC (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Allen Norton, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Joseph Hill, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Michael L. Gloden, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
ATI Industrial Automation, Inc., Apex, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 31/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A robotic tool changer comprises first and second units, operative to be separately attached to a robot and a robotic tool, and further operative to be selectively coupled together and decoupled. The first and second units are coupled and decoupled by an electric motor. Power from the electric motor may be applied to couple and decouple the first and second units in a variety of ways.