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Apparatus for rotatably mounting a pedesal on a base of an industrial robot

US5000058A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1989
Grant dateMar 19, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19623
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive unit on the pedestal of an industrial robot includes a gear unit having a hollow output gear shaft driven by a drive motor, and the base of the industrial robot includes a bearing on which the pedestal is rotatably mounted and whose axis of rotation is essentially coincident with the axis of rotation of the output gear shaft, and a torsionally rigid but otherwise flexible shaft coupling connects the output gear shaft to the base.

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