US Patent Issued to FANUC on July 14 for "Tension estimation device, life evaluation device, and robot system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,940, issued on July 14, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).

"Tension estimation device, life evaluation device, and robot system" was invented by Ryouta Shimizu (Yamanashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are: a tension estimation device capable of accurately estimating the tension of a belt; a life evaluation device capable of accurately evaluating the life of a transmission mechanism, from the tension of the belt; and a robot system comprising these. The tension estimation device comprises: a transmission mechanism that transmits power via a belt; at least one motor disposed in the vicinity of the belt; a ...