Patent ID: 11926050
Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A robot arm comprising:
a cylindrical arm body;
mounting interface portions that are fixed to both sides of the cylindrical arm body and that are used to mount the robot arm to another member;
wherein each of the mounting interface portions is provided with a metal plate that forms a mounting surface used to mount the robot arm to the other member;
wherein at least sections of outer surfaces of the cylindrical arm body and the mounting interface portions are formed of a resin;
wherein each of the mounting surfaces is external to a respective mounting interface portion;
wherein one of the mounting interface portions and a section of the arm body form a first part and the other one of the mounting interface portions and another section of the arm body form a second part, the first part and the second part being inseparably joined to each other to be integrally formed; and
wherein an internal space of the robot arm is continuous between the mounting surfaces on both sides of the arm body through an inner hole of the arm body,
wherein each of the mounting interface portions is provided with a connection section that is formed of a resin, in which the metal plate is embedded in a state in which at least the mounting surface on the metal plate is exposed, and that is connected to the cylindrical arm body.