# US 2019/0168381 A1 · Plug-in adapter, adjustment instrument, and associated robot

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- Number: US 2019/0168381 A1
- Document ID: US20190168381A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/321,383
- Filed: 2017-07-19
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-28
- Assignees: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
- Applicants: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
- Inventors: Dietmar Tscharnuter; Gernot Nitz; Gerhard Brändle
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168381A1

## CPC

- B25J 9/1015: {using additional, e.g. microadjustment of the end effector}
- B25J 9/0009: {Constructional details, e.g. manipulator supports, bases}
- B25J 9/1692: {Calibration of manipulator}
- B25J 19/0066: {Means or methods for maintaining or repairing manipulators}
- B25J 19/007: {Means or methods for designing or fabricating manipulators}
- G01D 11/24: Housings {; Casings for instruments}
- G01D 5/24442: {by mounting means}
- 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})
- G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A plug-in adapter includes a thread designed to screw the plug-in adapter to an adjustment instrument, a plug-in device designed for detachably connecting the plug-in adapter to a counter plug-in device of an access opening on a robot for a reference position marking of the robot, and a stylus designed to couple a measuring tip of the adjustment instrument to the reference position marking. The plug-in device has a plug-in section that is designed for axially plugging of the plug-in section into the counter plug-in device of the robot.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Plug-in adapter comprising:
a thread (20), which is designed for screwing the plug-in adapter (21) to an adjustment instrument (18),
a plug-in device (22), which is designed for detachably connecting the plug-in adapter (21) to a counter plug-in device (15) of an access opening (14) on a robot (15) for a reference position marking of the robot (1), and
a stylus (23), which is designed for coupling a measuring tip of the adjustment instrument (18) to the reference position marking, wherein the plug-in device (22) comprises a plug-in section (22a), which is designed for axially plugging the plug-in section (22a) into the counter plug-in device (15) of the robot (1).

### Claim at position 2

2-10. (canceled)