Patent ID: 9694500
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B25J

Claim:
1. A gripper and sensor or switch assembly, comprising: a gripper mechanism having a gripper body, an actuator one of connected to and integrated with said gripper body, a driving member connected to said actuator, and at least one movable jaw operably connected to said driving member; a sensor or switch mechanism connected to said gripper mechanism and having a pivotal cam link, said pivotal cam link having a cam slot; a drive pin connected to said driving member and engaged with said cam slot, said drive pin and said cam slot configured to convert linear reciprocal motion of said driving member to rotational motion of said pivotal cam link; a target one of attached to and integrated with said pivotal cam link; a sensor or switch positioned proximate to an arc described by said target upon said rotation of said pivotal cam link; and said pivotal cam link, said cam slot, said target, and said sensor or switch being arranged so that: said first output of said sensor or switch being one of the same as and different from said third output of said sensor or switch.