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US 11,938,622 B2Granted
Housing and joint mechanism
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorKounosuke Sugasawa
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Abstract
A housing includes: a housing body that contains at least one electromechanical or mechanical component, the housing body including a front plate and a pair of side plates, the plates being connected to a bottom plate in such a manner that the housing body includes an opening; a cover for closing the opening; and a gasket interposed between an edge portion of the housing body and an edge portion of the cover to tightly close an inside of the housing body. An edge portion of each of the side plates has a curved shape.
Claims12
A housing comprising:
- a housing body that contains at least one electromechanical or mechanical component, the housing body including a front plate and a pair of side plates, the plates being connected to a bottom plate in such a manner that the housing body includes an opening;
- a cover for closing the opening;
- and
- a gasket interposed between an edge portion of the housing body and an edge portion of the cover to tightly close an inside of the housing body,
- wherein
- an entire edge portion of each of the side plates has a curved shape;
- the component is attached to at least one of the side plates;
- and
- the edge portion of at least one of the side plates has a curved shape along an outline of the component.
6 more elements
A housing comprising:
- a housing body that contains at least one electromechanical or mechanical component, the housing body including a front plate and a pair of side plates, the plates being connected to a bottom plate in such a manner that the housing body includes an opening;
- a cover for closing the opening;
- and
- a gasket interposed between an edge portion of the housing body and an edge portion of the cover to tightly close an inside of the housing body,
- wherein
- an entire edge portion of each of the side plates has a curved shape;
- a step is provided on at least one of the edge portion of the housing body and the edge portion of the cover in a thickness direction in such a manner that a gap having a predetermined width is formed while the edge portion of the housing body is in contact with the edge portion of the cover;
- the gasket is press fit into the gap;
- and
- a steady-state thickness of the gasket is larger than the width of the gap.
7 more elements
A joint mechanism for coupling links, comprising:
- a housing body including a front plate and a pair of side plates, the plates being connected to a bottom plate in such a manner that the housing body includes an opening;
- a cover for closing the opening;
- at least one electromechanical or mechanical component that is either contained in the housing body or attached to any of the side plates;
- and
- a gasket interposed between an edge portion of the housing body and an edge portion of the cover to tightly close an inside of the housing body,
- wherein
- an entire edge portion of each of the side plates has a curved shape;
- the component is attached to at least one of the side plates;
- and
- the edge portion of at least one of the side plates has a curved shape along an outline of the component.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.