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GB2555985B - Coupling assembly and application to driven coupling, robotic arm and dual drive - Google Patents

Coupling assembly and application to driven coupling, robotic arm and dual drive Download PDF

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GB2555985B
GB2555985B GB1721525.2A GB201721525A GB2555985B GB 2555985 B GB2555985 B GB 2555985B GB 201721525 A GB201721525 A GB 201721525A GB 2555985 B GB2555985 B GB 2555985B
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coupling
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robotic arm
dual drive
driven
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Parker Simon
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Punk Couplings Ltd
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Punk Couplings Ltd
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Priority claimed from GBGB1510141.3A external-priority patent/GB201510141D0/en
Priority claimed from GBGB1510138.9A external-priority patent/GB201510138D0/en
Priority claimed from GBGB1510139.7A external-priority patent/GB201510139D0/en
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon ; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/02—Heads
    • F16M11/18—Heads with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J17/00—Joints
    • B25J17/02—Wrist joints
    • B25J17/0283—Three-dimensional joints
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J9/00—Programme-controlled manipulators
    • B25J9/06—Programme-controlled manipulators characterised by multi-articulated arms
    • B25J9/065—Snake robots
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
    • F16D3/16—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts
    • F16D3/18—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts the coupling parts (1) having slidably-interengaging teeth
    • F16D3/185—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts the coupling parts (1) having slidably-interengaging teeth radial teeth connecting concentric inner and outer coupling parts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
    • F16D3/16—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts
    • F16D3/26—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected
    • F16D3/38—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected with a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon ; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/02—Heads
    • F16M11/04—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
    • F16M11/06—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting
    • F16M11/12—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction
    • F16M11/14—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction with ball-joint

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Robotics (AREA)
  • Rolling Contact Bearings (AREA)
  • Gear Transmission (AREA)
GB1721525.2A 2015-06-11 2016-06-09 Coupling assembly and application to driven coupling, robotic arm and dual drive Expired - Fee Related GB2555985B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB1510141.3A GB201510141D0 (en) 2015-06-11 2015-06-11 Dual drive
GBGB1510138.9A GB201510138D0 (en) 2015-06-11 2015-06-11 Coupling
GBGB1510139.7A GB201510139D0 (en) 2015-06-11 2015-06-11 Robot arm
PCT/GB2016/051699 WO2016198867A1 (en) 2015-06-11 2016-06-09 Coupling assembly and application to driven coupling, robotic arm and dual drive

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GB201721525D0 GB201721525D0 (en) 2018-02-07
GB2555985A GB2555985A (en) 2018-05-16
GB2555985B true GB2555985B (en) 2020-08-26

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WO1989005216A1 (en) * 1987-11-30 1989-06-15 Rosheim Mark E Robot wrist
US5816926A (en) * 1997-06-03 1998-10-06 The Torrington Company Ball and socket double cardan motion universal joint
WO1999018385A1 (en) * 1997-10-03 1999-04-15 Autonomous Effects, Inc. Apparatus and method for positioning a payload about multiple axes
EP2075103A1 (en) * 2007-12-27 2009-07-01 The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. Cutter device
US20150094157A1 (en) * 2013-09-27 2015-04-02 Kenneth A. Lock Rotational connector device

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GB2521209A (en) 2013-12-13 2015-06-17 Punk Couplings Ltd Coupling
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WO1989005216A1 (en) * 1987-11-30 1989-06-15 Rosheim Mark E Robot wrist
US5816926A (en) * 1997-06-03 1998-10-06 The Torrington Company Ball and socket double cardan motion universal joint
WO1999018385A1 (en) * 1997-10-03 1999-04-15 Autonomous Effects, Inc. Apparatus and method for positioning a payload about multiple axes
EP2075103A1 (en) * 2007-12-27 2009-07-01 The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. Cutter device
US20150094157A1 (en) * 2013-09-27 2015-04-02 Kenneth A. Lock Rotational connector device

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