GB2555985A - 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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GB2555985A
GB2555985A GB1721525.2A GB201721525A GB2555985A GB 2555985 A GB2555985 A GB 2555985A GB 201721525 A GB201721525 A GB 201721525A GB 2555985 A GB2555985 A GB 2555985A
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coupling
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robotic arm
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Parker Simon
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Punk Couplings Ltd
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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)

Abstract

A coupling comprises at least an inner annular member, an intermediate annular member and an outer annular member. The intermediate and outer annular members are positioned with respect to one another and with respect to the inner member by driven gear wheels acting on gear teeth associated with the inner and intermediate members. By coupling the outer member of one coupling of a series of couplings to the inner member of the next coupling of the series, a robot arm may be constructed in which drive can be transmitted from one end of the series to the other. By changing the potions of the members of the couplings in the series, the orientation of the robot arm may be change
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)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB1510138.9A GB201510138D0 (en) 2015-06-11 2015-06-11 Coupling
GBGB1510141.3A GB201510141D0 (en) 2015-06-11 2015-06-11 Dual drive
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
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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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