B25J 15/04
Gripping heads and other end effectors: with provision for the remote detachment
Official title: with provision for the remote detachment or exchange of the head or parts thereof
B25J15/04 (Gripping heads and other end effectors: with provision for the remote detachment) appears on 981 US grants and 1,117 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Mechanically Actuated Robotic Tool Changer with Configurable Manual Actuation Lock-out1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295867 A1ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.
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- Apparatus for tool storage and selection1,509US 4,486,928 AMagnavox Government and Industrial Electronics Company · 1984
- Surgical system instrument sterile adapter1,479US 9,096,033 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2015