Patent ID: 8845338
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B25J

Abstract:
1. A system for electrically connecting a tool to a robot wrist, which system includes a first component being a tool flange of a robot wrist arranged for rotation around a robot axis, and a second component, which second component includes an electric cabling and a connector permanently attached to each other, the connector having a plurality of poles and the electric cabling having a plurality of conductors, each conductor being permanently connected to a respective of said poles, the tool flange and the connector being mutually adapted for attaching the connector to the tool flange, wherein the tool flange includes eccentric mounting means arranged for eccentric attachment of the connector on the tool flange, eccentric being related to said axis, and that a side of the connector that is directed towards a tool mounted on the tool flange provides electric connection between such a tool and the connector by means of the plurality of poles of the connector, wherein the connector includes a circuit board with a front side having conductive pads forming said poles and a rear side having soldering pads to which the conductors are soldered.