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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Charles Randall Malstrom, Lebanon, PA (US);
Swapnilsinh Solanki, Harrisburg, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A robotic gripper mechanism has a housing, a gripper arm and a retention projection. The gripper arm extends from the housing. The gripper arm has a gripper finger provided at a distal end thereof. The retention projection is provided on the housing and cooperates with the gripper arm to exert a retention force on the gripper arm. Wherein when an external force is applied to the gripper finger in a direction which is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing, the gripper arm will move relative to the housing if the external force is greater than the retention force.