Published August 7, 1985 | Version v1
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Improvements in compliant devices

Creators

Description

A compliant device for insertion between an end of a manipulator arm and a tool, the device comprising a plurality of pairs of helicoil assemblies secured at their opposite ends in respective rigid coupling means attachable to the end of the manipulator arm and the tool, adjacent assemblies of neighbouring pairs being inclined such that the axes of the adjacent assemblies meet at points on a circle with the centre of the circle defining the centre of compliance of the device. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from the Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A 1AY.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. B25j17/02.
IPC
Int. Cl. B25j17/02.
Patent number
GB patent document 2152473/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
17019490
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
MANIPULATORS; POSITIONING; ROBOTS; SPECIFICATIONS; TOOLS
Descriptors DEC
EQUIPMENT; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
GB patent application 8400767.