Patent ID: 6491537
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connecting device that electrically connects first and second component blocks of a robot comprising:an electrode projection hole provided in a connecting section of the first component block facing the second component block; an electrode terminal provided inside the first component block corresponding to the electrode projection hole; an electrode provided in a connecting face of the second component block facing the electrode projection- hole of the first component block; and electrode terminal driving means for driving the electrode terminal so that, in accordance with a connecting action and a detaching action of the first and second component blocks, a corresponding section of the electrode terminal is projected outside the first component block through the electrode projection hole at the time of the connecting action, and the corresponding section of the electrode terminal is contained in the first component block through the electrode projection hole at the time of the detaching action, whereby said electrode terminal driving means does not move said connecting section of the first component block including the electrode projection hole when the electrode terminal driving means drives the electrode terminal between its projected position at the time of the connecting action and its contained position at the time of the detaching action.