ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,623, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Robot, drive unit for a robot and positioning method" was invented by Daisuke Kirihara (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit for a robot, having an input shaft, an input shaft drive motor and a strain wave gear mechanism for transmission to an output shaft. The strain wave gear mechanism has a wave generator which is operatively connected to the input shaft, a flexible ring and a toothed ring are connectable to the output shaft, a first sensor for detecting an angular position of the input shaft and a second ...