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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:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Paul Ekas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Ekas, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 15/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1045 (2013.01); B25J 15/0009 (2013.01); B25J 15/08 (2013.01); B25J 15/10 (2013.01); Y10S 901/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robot mechanism includes a link formed from a first segment abutting a second segment at opposing faces thereof, at least one tendon passing from the first segment into the second segment, wherein the first segment is held in contact with the second segment by tension applied to the at least one segment.