US PATENT SUBCLASS 901 / 29
.~.~ Wrist
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 901/29
Wrist:
Subject matter under cross-reference subcollection 28 wherein significance is attributed to the particular joint located at a distal end of the robot arm* which connects that arm with an end effector*. [figure]
(1) Note. Wrist action usually provide the robot with an even greater amount of flexibility. In addition to the three degrees of freedom* provided by the robots arm*, the wrist can provide an extra three degrees of motion. These articulations are commonly referred to as yaw, pitch and roll.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
414, Material or Article Handling,
732+, and 738+ for a grab moveable relative to its vertically swinging supporting arm and subclass 776 for a reorienting device which is swingable about its transverse axis and rotatable about its longitudinal axis.
623, Prosthesis (i.e., Artificial Body Members), Parts
Thereof, or Aides and Accessories Therefor,
65, for wrist actuation in a prosthesis.
