# US 12,594,682 B2 · Wire-body fixing member, wire-body-extension fixing member, and wire-body fitting method

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- Number: US 12,594,682 B2
- Document ID: US12594682B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/834,853
- Filed: 2022-02-22
- Published: 2025-04-03
- Granted: 2026-04-07
- Earliest claimed: 2022-02-22
- Assignees: Fanuc Corporation
- Applicants: Fanuc Corporation
- Inventors: Yuusei Onodera
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12594682B2

## CPC

- B25J 19/0025: {Means for supplying energy to the end effector}
- B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50})

## Abstract

A wire body fixing member includes a first fixing member body that is fixed to an outer surface of a robot and that lashes a first wire body, and first protection members that respectively cover opposite end surfaces of the first fixing member body, the opposite end surfaces of the first fixing member body being disposed to protrude outward relative to an outer diameter of the first wire body in a state where the first wire body is lashed. At least one of the first protection members is fixed in a detachable manner to the first fixing member body by using a bolt fastened to a threaded hole provided in one end surface of the first fixing member body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A wire-body fixing member comprising:
a first fixing member body that is fixed to an outer surface of a robot and that lashes a first wire body; and
first protection members that respectively cover opposite end surfaces of the first fixing member body, the opposite end surfaces of the first fixing member body being disposed to protrude outward relative to an outer diameter of the first wire body in a state where the first wire body is lashed,
wherein at least one of the first protection members is fixed in a detachable manner to the first fixing member body by using a bolt fastened to a threaded hole provided in one end surface of the first fixing member body.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A wire-body-extension fixing member that is used in combination with the wire-body fixing member according to claim 1 and that is for fixing a second wire body to be added, the wire-body-extension fixing member comprising:
a second fixing member body to which the second wire body to be retrofitted is lashed and that is provided with a through-hole through which the bolt extends, the through-hole being provided at one end disposed in close contact with the one end surface of the first fixing member body from which a first protection member has been removed; and
a second protection member that covers the other end of the second fixing member body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A method for adding the second wire body to the robot fitted with the first wire body by using the wire-body fixing member according to claim 2, comprising:
preparing a retrofit wire body unit in which the second wire body is lashed to the second fixing member body of the wire-body-extension fixing member according to claim 2;
removing the first protection member from the one end surface of the first fixing member body of the wire-body fixing member; and
coupling the wire-body-extension fixing member to the wire-body fixing member by fastening the bolt to the threaded hole in a state where the one end of the second fixing member body of the retrofit wire body unit is in close contact with the one end surface of the first fixing member body.