Adaptive dress pack manager for robotic arm
US11338455B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02G11/00
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A dress pack manager for use with a robotic arm having an end-of-arm tool supplied with power or working fluid via a dress pack. A pair of rollers are spaced apart such that the dress pack may pass between them, and such that rotation of the rollers applies friction to the dress pack and causes the dress pack to move. An electric motor rotates one of the rollers in both a forward and backward rotation and is torque-controlled to maintain a constant tension applied to the dress pack by the rollers.
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