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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Takafumi Fukushima, Wako, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuda, Wako, JP;
Kenichiro Sugiyama, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/10 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hand device () of the present invention includes a palm () and a plurality of finger mechanisms (-). The palm () is provided with a palm protruding portion (-) that protrudes upward from a palm surface region () when the palm surface region () faces upward. Accordingly, a reaction force against the force acting on an object to be grasped from an inner side of part or all of the finger mechanisms (-) can be exerted on the object from the protruding portion (-).