US 10,471,602 B2Granted

Magazine transfer unit gripper

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsJong Seong Ko, Kwang-Jun Kim, Jung Jun Park, Hee Yun Choi

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Abstract

A gripper includes a body frame mounted on a magazine transfer robot. A first guide assembly is mounted on the body frame. A first gripping unit is movable along the first guide assembly. A second gripping unit is movable along the first guide assembly. A driver is configured to move the first gripping unit in a first direction. The driver is configured to move the second gripping unit in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first gripping unit includes a first finger unit and a second finger unit independently moveable with respect to the first finger unit. The second gripping unit is spaced apart from the first gripping unit. The second gripping unit includes a third finger unit and a fourth finger unit independently moveable with respect to the third finger unit.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A gripper comprising:

a body frame mounted on a magazine transfer robot;
a first guide assembly mounted on the body frame;
a first gripping unit movable along the first guide assembly;
a second gripping unit movable along the first guide assembly;
and
a driver configured to move the first gripping unit in a first direction and configured to move the second gripping unit in a second direction opposite to the first direction,
wherein the first gripping unit comprises a first finger unit and a second finger unit independently moveable with respect to the first finger unit,
wherein the second gripping unit is spaced apart from the first gripping unit and comprises a third finger unit and a fourth finger unit independently moveable with respect to the third finger unit, and
wherein the first gripping unit comprises a second guide assembly configured to guide a movement of each of the first finer unit and the second finger unit,
wherein the second gripping unit comprises a third guide assembly configured to guide a movement of each of the third finger unit and the fourth finger unit,
wherein each of the first finger unit and the second finger unit is movable in a third direction toward the first guide assembly or in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction along the second guide assembly, and
wherein each of the third finger unit and the fourth finger unit is movable in the third direction or in the fourth direction along the third guide assembly.

9 more elements

A gripper comprising:

a first guide assembly;
a first gripping unit movable along the first guide assembly;
and
a second gripping unit movable along the first guide assembly,
wherein the first gripping unit comprises:
a second guide assembly coupled with the first guide assembly;
a first finger unit movable in a first direction toward the first guide assembly or in a second direction opposite to the first direction along the second guide assembly;
and
a second finger unit movable in the first direction or in the second direction along the second guide assembly independently of the first finger unit, and
wherein the second gripping unit comprises:
a third guide assembly coupled with the first guide assembly;
a third finger unit movable in the first direction or in the second direction along the third guide assembly;
and
a fourth finger unit movable in the first direction or in the second direction along the third guide assembly independently of the third finger unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/018,171Filed 26 Jun 2018
Priority: KR 10-2017-016893911 Dec 2017
Published: US 2019/0176339 A113 Jun 2019
Granted: 12 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B25J 11/0095
Manipulators not otherwise provided for: manipulators transporting wafers
B25J 9/046
By rotating at least one arm, excluding the head movement itself, e.g. cylindrical coordinate type or polar coordinate type: revolute coordinate type
B25J 13/089
With position, velocity or acceleration sensors: determining the position of the robot with reference to its environment
B25J 15/10
Having finger members: with three or more finger members