ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,015, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Joint structure for robot" was invented by Wataru Amemiya (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint structure for a robot includes a hollow first member, a second member, and an actuator that relatively rotates the first member and the second member about a first axis. The actuator includes a motor that is housed in the first member and that rotates a shaft about a second axis intersecting the first axis. A reducer decelerates a rotation of the shaft to transmit the rotation to the second member, and a power transmission mechanism transmits power ...