US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on July 1 for "Spherical joint and joint structure for robot having the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,863, issued on July 1, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Spherical joint and joint structure for robot having the same" was invented by Masayuki Kamon (Kobe, Japan), So Yukizaki (Kobe, Japan) and Junichi Karasuyama (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spherical joint of the present disclosure includes a ball member and a socket having an inner circumferential surface configured to spherically contact the ball member. The socket includes a cage part forming the inner circumferential surface and having an opening, and a bar-shaped connecting part provided to the cage part. A fastening member is disposed at t...