Patent ID: 8602472
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B25J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A robotic claw for holding an object that defines a latching hole at the outer surface thereof, the robotic claw comprising: a sleeve comprising a mounting portion and a clamping portion, a mounting hole defined at an end of the mounting portion, a plurality of receiving through holes defined in the clamping portion, and an assembling hole defined at an end of the clamping portion and communicating with each of the plurality of receiving through holes; a plurality of balls movably received in the receiving through holes correspondingly; a rod comprising an urging portion movably received in the sleeve to push the balls toward the receiving through holes; a plunger sealing the assembling hole to prevent the balls from dropping out of the receiving through holes; wherein the balls are mounted in the receiving through holes through the assembling hole; wherein the clamping portion defines a fixing hole located adjacent to an end of the clamping portion apart from the receiving through holes, the plunger defines a tapped hole, and the plunger comprises a threaded rod mounted into the fixing hole and the tapped hole to fix the plunger to the assembling hole.