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US 12,636,799 B2Granted
Gripper jaw, tool, tool system and method for operating a tool system
AssigneeDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
InventorRoman Weitschat
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Abstract
A gripper jaw for a robot gripper has a first gripper jaw interface corresponding with the robot gripper and a second gripper jaw interface corresponding with tools of a tool set. Each of the gripper jaw interfaces can be used as a mechanical interface, as a signal interface and as a power interface. The tools of the tool set can each include a tool interface corresponding with the second gripper jaw interface, and the gripper jaw can be combined with the tool set in a method of operating a tool system.
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A gripper jaw for a robot gripper, the gripper jaw comprising:
- (a) a first gripper jaw interface corresponding with the robot gripper, the first gripper jaw interface comprising:
- (i) a first mechanical interface;
- (ii) a first signal interface;
- and
- (iii) a first power interface, wherein the first mechanical interface, the first signal interface, and the first power interface of the first gripper jaw interface are structurally separate;
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- (b) a second gripper jaw interface corresponding with tools of a tool set, wherein the second gripper jaw interface is used respectively as a second mechanical interface, a second signal interface and/or a second power interface.
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