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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuya Okamoto, Toyota, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/12 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/005 (2013.01); B65G 1/0435 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transfer apparatus includes a pair of hand units, a gripping mechanism that grips and releases an object by changing an interval between a pair of hands, a servomotor for a gripping action that drives the gripping mechanism, at least one spline shaft that supports the pair of hands so that the hands are able to move, a servomotor for an extending and contracting action that rotates the spline shaft, and an extension and contraction mechanism that is extended and contracted by rotation of the spline shaft so that the hands move to a gripping position or a releasing position.