Patent ID: 9144909
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B23B,B25J,F16B,H01R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A robot quick-release assembly comprising: a first joint member, having a cylindrical body, and a robot component mounted thereon, said first joint member having a first coupler; and a second joint member, having a cylindrical body, a robot arm mounted thereon, said second joint member having a second coupler, a cylindrical clamp configured to extend around the first coupler and the second coupler, and a locking collar configured to extend around the first coupler, the second coupler, and the clamp, wherein said first coupler is coaxially aligned with said second coupler and pressed into said second joint member, and said first joint member is detachably connected to said second joint member, wherein said locking collar is rotatable relative to said first coupler, said second coupler, and said clamp, wherein said first coupler has at least one member extending radially outward circumferentially spaced on a first end of said first coupler, and wherein said clamp has a first member on a first end, fingers extending inward and spaced circumferentially around said clamp on a second end, and an externally threaded surface, said fingers having an outside slanted surface, a first inside slanted surface, and a second inside slanted surface, and said second coupler having a cylindrical body defining a ring having a slanted surface having at least one member extending radially outward, and having a slanted surface at an end adjacent said ring, said collar having a cylindrical body with an axial bore defining an inwardly slanted surface on a first end and an internally threaded portion at a second end thereon configured for engaging the externally threaded surface of the clamp.