ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE AND ROBOT INCLUDING THE SAME
20250178213 ยท 2025-06-05
Assignee
Inventors
- Beom Su Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
- Hyun Seop Lim (Anyang-si, KR)
- Dong Hyun Lee (Ansan-si, KR)
- Dong Jin Hyun (Suwon-si, KR)
- Ju Young Yoon (Suwon-si, KR)
Cpc classification
International classification
Abstract
An assembly structure, such as for connecting a robot arm and a gripper or other such components, includes an assembling part and a coupling part provided above the assembling part. The assembling part includes a body and a flange fixedly coupled to an upper portion of the body. The coupling part includes a base member and a sleeve member configured to surround a periphery of the base member. The flange is configured such that a rotational motion of the flange about a rotation center axis relative to the base member is restricted. The sleeve member is configured to be rotatable relative to the base member and the sleeve member and the flange are configured to interfere with each other in an upward/downward direction.
Claims
1. An assembly structure comprising: an assembling part; and a coupling part provided above the assembling part and configured to be attachable to or detachable from the assembling part, wherein the assembling part includes a body configured to define a body of the assembling part and open at an upper side thereof, and a flange fixedly coupled to an upper portion of the body, wherein the coupling part includes a base member; and a sleeve member configured to surround a periphery of the base member and opened at a lower side thereof, wherein the flange is configured to penetrate the sleeve member and face the base member, wherein a rotational motion of the flange is restricted about a rotation center axis of the assembly structure relative to the base member, wherein the sleeve member is configured to rotatable relative to the base member, and wherein the sleeve member and the flange are configured to interfere with each other in an upward/downward direction when a rotation angle of the sleeve member with respect to the base member is within a predetermined range.
2. The assembly structure of claim 1, wherein: the coupling part further comprises a pin member protruding downward from a lower surface of the base member; a pin insertion groove is defined in an upper surface of the flange and has a shape that is recessed downward; and the pin member is inserted into the pin insertion groove.
3. The assembly structure of claim 2, wherein the base member comprises: a base flange to which the pin member is coupled; and a base protruding portion protruding upward from the base flange, wherein an interference region is defined on an outer peripheral surface of the base protruding portion and has a shape protruding outward, wherein the sleeve member includes an upper sleeve configured to define an upper region of the sleeve member and to surround the outer peripheral surface of the base protruding portion, wherein the upper sleeve has a rotation interference groove defined in an inner peripheral surface of the upper sleeve and configured to accommodate the interference region, and wherein the interference region is configured to interfere with the upper sleeve at a boundary of the rotation interference groove based on a circumferential direction.
4. The assembly structure of claim 3, wherein: a recessed region is defined in the outer peripheral surface of the base protruding portion and is spaced apart from the interference region in the circumferential direction; the recessed region has a shape recessed inward; and the coupling part further comprises a latch member that is rotatably coupled to the upper sleeve and that has at least a partial region configured to be inserted into the recessed region in a state in which the sleeve member is coupled to the base member so that the interference region is placed in the rotation interference groove.
5. The assembly structure of claim 4, wherein: the latch member comprises an insertion region having a shape protruding toward the rotation center axis AX so as to be inserted into the recessed region; and the insertion region faces the recessed region in a state in which the sleeve member is rotated relative to the base member so that the interference region is provided adjacent to a boundary of one side of the rotation interference groove based on the circumferential direction.
6. The assembly structure of claim 5, wherein: the upper sleeve has a latch accommodation groove that is configured to accommodate the latch member and that has a shape that is recessed in the upward/downward direction; a latch rotation shaft penetrates the latch member in the upward/downward direction H; and the coupling part further comprises an elastic member configured to face the insertion region with the latch rotation shaft interposed therebetween, and the elastic member is provided between the latch member and the outer peripheral surface of the base protruding portion.
7. The assembly structure of claim 6, wherein an outer surface of a region of the latch member, which faces the elastic member, is exposed to the outside.
8. The assembly structure of claim 3, wherein: the sleeve member further comprises a lower sleeve provided below the upper sleeve, configured to surround an outer peripheral surface of the base flange, and fixedly coupled to the upper sleeve; the lower sleeve has a flange insertion region that is defined in a part of an inner peripheral surface of the lower sleeve and that has a shape that is recessed outward; the flange has a flange projection region that protrudes outward from the outer peripheral surface of the flange; and a width of the flange insertion region in the circumferential direction of the assembly structure is larger than a width of the flange projection region in the circumferential direction or corresponds to the width of the flange projection region.
9. The assembly structure of claim 8, wherein, when the assembly structure is viewed from above the assembly structure, the entire flange projection region is accommodated in the flange insertion region in a state in which the sleeve member is rotated relative to the base member so that the interference region is provided adjacent to a boundary of another side of the rotation interference groove based on the circumferential direction.
10. The assembly structure of claim 3, wherein the coupling part comprises: a sliding member accommodated in the upper sleeve; and a bolt member configured to be inserted into an outer peripheral surface of the upper sleeve and the sliding member, wherein a sliding member coupling groove is defined in a peripheral region of the upper sleeve, and wherein the sliding member coupling groove has a recessed shape and defines a space that accommodates the sliding member.
11. The assembly structure of claim 10, wherein: a size in the upward/downward direction of a hole defined in a region of the upper sleeve into which the bolt member is inserted is larger than a size in the upward/downward direction of a region of the bolt member inserted into the upper sleeve; and a size in the upward/downward direction H of a hole defined in a region of the sliding member into which the bolt member is inserted corresponds to a size in the upward/downward direction of a region of the bolt member inserted into the sliding member.
12. The assembly structure of claim 10, wherein: an upper surface of the sliding member includes a shape of an inclined surface having a height, in the upward/downward direction, that decreases in a direction away from the rotation center axis; and a region of the sliding member coupling groove, which faces the upper surface of the sliding member, includes a shape corresponding to the inclined surface defined on the upper surface of the sliding member.
13. The assembly structure of claim 12, wherein a lower surface of the sliding member is provided to be in close contact with an upper surface of the base flange, and wherein the lower surface of the sliding member is perpendicular to the rotation center axis.
14. The assembly structure of claim 10, wherein: a lower surface of the sliding member includes a shape of an inclined surface having a height, in the upward/downward direction, that increases in a direction away from the rotation center axis; the lower surface of the sliding member is provided to be in close contact with an upper surface of the base flange; and a region of the upper surface of the base flange, which faces the lower surface of the sliding member, includes a shape corresponding to the inclined surface defined on the lower surface of the sliding member.
15. The assembly structure of claim 14, wherein an upper surface of the sliding member is provided to be in close contact with the sliding member coupling groove, and wherein the upper surface of the sliding member is perpendicular to the rotation center axis AX.
16. The assembly structure of claim 3, wherein the coupling part further comprises: a connector cover accommodated in a lower surface of the base flange; and a coupling part connector provided between the connector cover and a region of a lower surface of the base flange that accommodates the connector cover.
17. The assembly structure of claim 16, wherein: the assembling part further comprises an assembling part connector accommodated in an internal space of the assembling part; and the assembling part connector penetrates the connector cover and is inserted and coupled into the coupling part connector.
18. A robot comprising the assembly structure according to claim 1, wherein the coupling part is coupled to a robot arm provided on the robot, and wherein the assembling part is coupled to a gripper coupled to one side of the robot arm and configured to perform a gripping function.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0037] Hereinafter, a robot and an assembly structure according to the present disclosure are described with reference to the drawings. When a component, device, element, or the like of the present disclosure is described as having a purpose or performing an operation, function, or the like, the component, device, or element should be considered herein as being configured to meet that purpose or perform that operation or function.
Robot and Assembly Structure
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[0039] With reference to
[0040] Meanwhile, the robot 1 according to the present disclosure may include an assembly structure 10 capable of attaching and detaching the robot arm 2 and the gripper 3. In particular, as described below, according to the present disclosure, the assembly structure 10 may more easily detach and attach the robot arm 2 and the gripper 3 and prevent the robot arm 2 and the gripper 3 from being unintentionally uncoupled by an external force. Hereinafter, the structure of the assembly structure 10 is described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the assembly structure 10 according to the present disclosure may not only be applied to attach and detach the robot arm and the gripper, but also be applied, in the same way, to a structure for coupling two components required to be repeatedly attached and detached.
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[0042] With reference to
[0043] With reference to
[0044] The coupling part 200 may include a base member 210 and a sleeve member 220. The sleeve member 220 may be provided to surround a periphery of the base member 210 and open at a lower side thereof. As described below, according to the present disclosure, during a process of coupling the assembling part 100 and the coupling part 200, a part of the assembling part 100 may be inserted into the coupling part 200 through a space opened at the lower side of the sleeve member 220. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the description is focused on a case in which the coupling part 200 is provided in a lower region of the assembling part 100. However, during an actual process of using the assembly structure 10, a configuration may be used, as necessary, in which the coupling part 200 is provided in an upper region of the assembling part 100, or in which the assembling part 100 and the coupling part 200 are matched with each other in a horizontal direction.
[0045] With reference to
[0046] In contrast, in a state in which the assembling part 100 and the coupling part 200 are completely coupled, the assembling part 100 and the base member 210 may be coupled so that the assembling part 100 and the base member 210 cannot rotate relative to each other. In other words, according to the present disclosure, the flange 120 may penetrate the sleeve member 220 and face a lower surface of the base member 210. Also, a rotational motion of the flange 120 may be restricted about the rotation center axis AX of the assembly structure 10 relative to the base member 210.
[0047] With reference to
[0048] Meanwhile, a pin insertion groove 122 may be defined in an upper surface of the flange 120 and may have a shape that is recessed downward. The pin member 230 may be inserted into the pin insertion groove 122. The size and shape of the pin insertion groove 122 may correspond to the size and shape of the pin member 230. Therefore, a region of the pin member 230, which protrudes downward from the base member 210, may be inserted into the pin insertion groove 122. The rotational motion between the base member 210 and the flange 120 may be restricted by interference between the pin member 230 and the flange 120 and by interference between the pin member 230 and the base member 210. For example,
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[0050] With reference to
[0051] With continued reference to
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[0053] As illustrated in
[0054] The upper sleeve 222 may have a rotation interference groove 222a. The rotation interference groove 222a may be defined in an inner peripheral surface of the upper sleeve 222 that is a surface facing the base protruding portion 214. The interference region 214a of the base protruding portion 214 may be accommodated in the rotation interference groove 222a. The relative rotational motion of the base member 210 relative to the sleeve member 220 may be performed within a range in which the interference region 214a and the rotation interference groove 222a do not interfere with each other. In other words, the interference region 214a and the rotation interference groove 222a may be configured to allow the sleeve member 220 including the upper sleeve 222 to perform the relative rotational motion within the predetermined rotation angle range without rotating 360 degrees relative to the base member 210. More specifically, the interference region 214a may be provided to interfere with the upper sleeve 222 at a boundary of the rotation interference groove 222a based on the circumferential direction A. That is to say, in a case that the interference region 214a is about to move in a direction that deviates from the boundary of the rotation interference groove 222a based on the circumferential direction A, the interference region 214a interferes with an inner surface defined at one side end of the rotation interference groove 222a based on the circumferential direction A. Thus, the relative rotational motion between the sleeve member 220 and the base member 210 is not performed any further.
[0055] With reference to
[0056] For example, the latch member 240 may include an insertion region 240a having a shape that protrudes toward the rotation center axis AX so as to be inserted into the recessed region 214b. The insertion region 240a may have a size and shape corresponding to the recessed region 214b.
[0057] With reference to
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[0059] The assembly structure 10 according to the present disclosure may further include a configuration that provides a force to allow the latch member 240 to press the recessed region 214b. Thus, the state in which the latch member 240 is inserted into the recessed region 214b may be maintained, even after the latch member 240 is inserted into the recessed region 214b. More specifically, the coupling part 200 may further include an elastic member 250. The elastic member 250 is provided to face the insertion region 240a of the latch member 240 with the latch rotation shaft 222b-1 interposed therebetween. The elastic member 250 is provided between the latch member 240 and the outer peripheral surface of the base protruding portion 214. The elastic member 250 may be configured to press the latch member 240 in a direction (i.e., the radial direction) away from the rotation center axis AX. Therefore, the insertion region 240a of the latch member 240 may press the recessed region 214b by means of the force applied by the elastic member 250 to press the latch member 240. The insertion region 240a of the latch member 240 is thereby prevented from separating from the recessed region 214b.
[0060] According to an example of the present disclosure, a user may manipulate the latch member 240 in a direction away from the insertion region 240a. In other words, when the user presses the region of the latch member 240 that faces the insertion region 240a with the latch rotation shaft 222b-1 interposed therebetween, the insertion region 240a may move in the direction away from the recessed region 214b while overcoming a restoring force of the elastic member 250. In this case, as illustrated in
[0061] With reference back to
[0062] According to the present disclosure, during a process in which the assembling part 100 moves upward from the lower region of the coupling part 200 during the process of coupling the assembling part 100 and the coupling part 200, the flange projection region 124 may pass through a space, which is defined by the flange insertion region 224a. Then the flange 120 may come into close contact with a lower surface of the base flange 212. More particularly, in a case that the pin members 230 are provided as a plurality of pin members 230 and the plurality of pin members 230 are respectively inserted into the pin insertion grooves 122 defined in the upper surface of the flange 120 such that the flange 120 and the base flange 212 are in close contact with each other, the flange projection regions 124 may face, in the upward/downward direction, the spaces defined by the flange insertion regions 224a. The flange projection regions 124 may be defined above the spaces defined by the flange insertion regions 224a. This may be understood as a configuration in which, when the pin member 230 is inserted into the pin insertion groove 122, the flange projection region 124 may pass through the flange insertion region 224a and be positioned in an upper region of the flange insertion region 224a.
[0063] The assembly structure 10 according to the present disclosure may include a configuration that prevents the assembling part 100 and the coupling part 200 from separating from each other in the upward/downward direction H when the assembling part 100 and the coupling part 200 are completely coupled. More specifically, according to the present disclosure, the sleeve member 220 and the flange 120 may be configured to interfere with each other in the upward/downward direction H when a rotation angle of the sleeve member 220 with respect to the base member 210 is within a predetermined range.
[0064] More specifically, the interference between the flange 120 and the sleeve member 220 in the upward/downward direction H may occur when the sleeve member 220 is rotated after the flange projection region 124 defined on the flange 120 passes through the flange insertion region 224a and the flange projection region 124 reaches an upper side of the flange insertion region 224a. In other words, when the sleeve member 220 is rotated by a predetermined rotation angle after the flange projection regions 124 pass through the flange insertion regions 224a and the flange projection regions 124 reach the upper sides of the flange insertion regions 224a, at least a part of a lower region of each of the flange projection regions 124 does not face each of the flange insertion regions 224a any further. Also, the flange projection regions 124 face sleeve projection regions 224b (see
[0065] According to the present disclosure, the interference between the flange projection region 124 and the sleeve projection region 224b may prevent the assembling part 100, which includes the flange 120, and the coupling part 200, which includes the lower sleeve 224, from separating from each other in the upward/downward direction H.
[0066] As illustrated in
[0067] In contrast, as illustrated in
[0068] According to the present disclosure, in order to more securely couple the base member 210 and the sleeve member 220, the assembly structure 10 may further include another configuration in addition to the latch member 240.
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[0070] With reference to
[0071] A coupling force between the base member 210 and the sleeve member 220 may be increased by adjusting a degree to which the sliding member 260 and the bolt member 270 are coupled to each other. As a result, it is possible to implement the increased coupling between the coupling part 200 and the flange 120.
[0072] In particular, according to the present disclosure, the upper surface of the flange 120 may be pressed against and provided to be in close contact with the lower surface of the base flange 212 of the coupling part 200 by means of the sliding member 260 and the bolt member 270. Thus, clamping coupling between the coupling part 200 and the flange 120 may be implemented.
[0073] In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, according to the present disclosure, the sleeve member 220 may be moved in the upward/downward direction H relative to the base member 210 by adjusting a degree of the bolt-nut coupling between the sliding member 260 and the bolt member 270. More specifically, with reference to
[0074] Because the upper surface of the sliding member 260 has the inclined surface and the sliding member coupling groove 222c has the shape corresponding to the inclined surface, the sleeve member 220 may be moved in the upward/downward direction H relative to the base member 210 by interference between the sliding member 260 and the sliding member coupling groove 222c.
[0075] With reference to
[0076] Therefore, when the sliding member 260 moves in the horizontal direction, the sleeve member 220, which includes the upper sleeve 222 that accommodates the sliding member 260, is moved in the upward/downward direction relative to the base member 210 by interference between the inclined surface, which is defined on the upper surface of the sliding member 260, and the sliding member coupling groove 222c that faces the inclined surface.
[0077] For example, when the bolt member 270 rotates and the sliding member 260 moves toward the rotation center axis AX, the sleeve member 220 is moved downward relative to the base member 210 (before clamping coupling), as illustrated in
[0078] In order to provide a route along which the sleeve member 220 may be moved in the upward/downward direction H by the rotation of the bolt member 270, a size in the upward/downward direction H of a hole defined in a region of the upper sleeve 222 into which the bolt member 270 is inserted may be larger than a size in the upward/downward direction H of a region of the bolt member 270 inserted into the upper sleeve 222. In addition, a size in the upward/downward direction H of a hole defined in a region of the sliding member 260 into which the bolt member 270 is inserted may correspond to a size in the upward/downward direction H of a region of the bolt member 270 inserted into the sliding member 260. As illustrated in
[0079] In contrast, unlike the configuration illustrated in
[0080] The assembly structure 10 according to the present disclosure may further include a configuration that electrically connects the assembling part 100 and the coupling part 200.
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[0082] With reference to
[0083] The present disclosure has been described with reference to various embodiments and the drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited thereby. The present disclosure may be carried out in various forms by those of ordinary skill in the art, to which the present disclosure pertains, within the technical spirit of the present disclosure and the scope of the appended claims.