Elastic corrugated pipe single-acting cylinder-driven mechanical gripper with series-connection flexible hinge framework
US10011024B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S901/32
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an elastic corrugated pipe single-acting cylinder-driven mechanical gripper with a series-connection flexible hinge framework. The mechanical gripper consists of a palm and two flexible fingers or a palm and three flexible fingers. Each of the flexible fingers is identical in structure, and essentially consists of an elastic corrugated pipe single-acting cylinder (8) and a series-connection flexible hinge (4); configuration of the series-connection flexible hinge (4) is designed according to features of grasping objects; the mechanical gripper generates a grasping force by the elastic corrugated pipe single-acting cylinder (8). The mechanical gripper applies to the grasping of fragile, brittle objects or oddly-shaped objects varying with shapes and dimensions, belonging to the technical field of robots and mechatronics application; when coupled to a robot body, the mechanical gripper is especially suitable for the production and logistic fields for grasping, sorting and packing of foods, agriculture products and light industrial products.
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