Shock absorbing disruptor mounting system
AssigneeHarris Corporation
InventorsMichael E. Bowman, Matthew D. Summer, Paul M. Bosscher
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Abstract
A shock absorbing disruptor mounting system for a robotic arm includes a rack comprised of a linear guide structure and a carriage which is configured to travel on the linear guide structure. The carriage is selectively movable between a retracted position and an extended position and includes a plurality of wheels along its length. Each of the wheels has a wheel axis of rotation which is transverse to the direction of the linear guide structure centerline to facilitate rotation of the wheels on at least a portion of the linear guide structure responsive to the travel.
Claims23
A shock absorbing disruptor mount, comprising:
- a rack comprised of a linear guide structure which extends in a first direction to define a linear path aligned with a linear guide structure centerline;
- a carriage which is configured to travel on said linear guide structure over at least a portion of the linear path;
- a shock absorber interposed between a shock absorber rack mounting point disposed on the rack and a shock absorber carriage mounting point disposed on the carriage;
- a plurality of wheels which are mounted to the carriage in wheel locations distributed along a length thereof extending in a direction aligned with the linear guide structure centerline;
- each of the wheels having a wheel axis of rotation transverse to the direction of the linear guide structure centerline to facilitate rotation of the wheels on at least a portion of the linear guide structure responsive to said travel;
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- wherein a position configuration of the plurality of wheels facilitates a yaw rotation of the carriage about a carriage axis of rotation transverse to the linear guide structure centerline responsive to a disruptor force when applied at a location laterally offset from the linear guide structure centerline.
A shock absorbing disruptor mount for a robotic arm, comprising:
- a base configured to mount on a portion of a robotic arm;
- a rack comprised of a linear guide structure and disposed on the base so that the linear guide structure extends along a length of the robotic arm in a first direction toward a robotic grasping device to define a linear path aligned with a linear guide structure centerline;
- a carriage which is configured to travel on said linear guide structure over at least a portion of the linear path and selectively movable between a retracted position where said carriage is a first distance from the grasping device and an extended position where said carriage is a second distance from the grasping device, which is less than the first distance;
- a shock absorber interposed between a shock absorber rack mounting point disposed on the rack and a shock absorber carriage mounting point disposed on the carriage;
- a plurality of wheels which are mounted to the carriage in wheel locations distributed along a length thereof extending in a direction aligned with the linear guide structure centerline;
- wherein each of the wheels has a wheel axis of rotation transverse to the direction of the linear guide structure centerline to facilitate rotation of the wheels on at least a portion of the linear guide structure responsive to said travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.