Patent ID: 11958188
Assignee: DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 1:
2. A modular end effector comprising:
a base with at least two connection elements; and
at least one manipulator being connectable with the at least two connection elements,
wherein the base comprises a first segment and at least one second segment, where the first segment and the at least one second segment are movably connected to each other so that the position of the first segment and the at least one second segment relative to each other can be changed,
wherein the first segment and the at least one second segment respectively have at least one connection element, such that the position of the at least one connection element of the first segment relative to the position of the at least one connection element of the second segment can be varied,
wherein the at least two connection elements comprise connections suitable for a plurality of manipulators, thereby enabling attachment and exchange of each of the plurality of manipulators to each of the at least two connection elements without the need to fit a certain manipulator with a certain connection element,
wherein each of the at least two connection elements is simultaneously connected to a plurality of manipulators, and
wherein at least one connection element has linear mobility for the purpose of changing the position of the connection element, or at least one manipulator is linearly movable within one of the connection elements for changing the position of the manipulator.