Connection member, manufacturing method of connection member, and robot
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
InventorShinji SHINABE
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Abstract
A connection member includes: a main member formed by bending a plate made of a first material having a certain strength into a predetermined shape, and having a hole to which an object to be connected is mounted; and an auxiliary member formed of a second material having a smaller specific gravity than the first material and formed thicker than the main member, jointed around the hole of the main member, and having an insertion hole through which a fastening member for fastening the object to be connected is inserted.
Claims12
A connection member comprising:
- a main member formed by bending a plate made of a first material having a certain strength into a predetermined shape, and having a hole to which an object to be connected is mounted;
- and
- an auxiliary member formed of a second material having a smaller specific gravity than the first material and formed thicker than the main member, jointed around the hole of the main member, and having an insertion hole through which a fastening member for fastening the object to be connected is inserted.
A manufacturing method of a connection member, the manufacturing method including:
- forming a main member of a predetermined shape having a hole to which an object to be connected is mounted by using a first material having a predetermined strength;
- forming an auxiliary member that is thicker than the main member by using a second material having a smaller specific gravity than the first material;
- jointing the auxiliary member around the hole of the main member;
- assembling the main member into a predetermined shape by bending the main member;
- forming in the auxiliary member an insertion hole through which a fastening member for fastening the object to be connected is inserted;
- shaping a surface of the auxiliary member;
- and
- tapping for forming an internal thread in the insertion hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.