Patent · US Expired

Industrial robot having individual electrical three-phase drives

US4602195A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Mantec Gesellschaft fur Automatisierungs-und Handhabungssysteme MbH · DE

Inventors

Manfred Eberle · Erlangen, DE
Rudolf Hartmann · Waldbronn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 1984
Grant date	Jul 22, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02P23/07
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An industrial robot having permanently excited three-phase motors driving each robot joint is described. Each motor is coupled to a common intermediate d-c link through an individual controlled inverter. Electric braking energy of the motors is stored in a large capacitor battery coupled to the intermediate d-c link.

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