Robot joint

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • D1082878
  • Patent Number
    D1,082,878
  • Date Filed
    Friday, January 14, 2022
    3 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025
    15 days ago
  • Inventors
    • Grummas; Malin
    • Bohman; Johan
    • Saabye; Anja
    • Christiansen; Michael Sjørup
    • Johansen; Steffen
    • Fair; Michael (Wakefield, MA, US)
  • Original Assignees
  • Examiners
    • Palasik; Patricia A
    Agents
    • ArentFox Schiff LLP
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D15 199
    • D15 122
    • D15 138
    • D21 578-583
    • D21 621
    • D21 622
    • CPC
    • A61F2/70
    • A61F2/76
    • A61F2/585
    • A61F2002/5007
    • A61F2002/5083
    • A61F2002/6854
    • A61F2002/7645
    • B25J9/104
    • B25J19/0029
    • B25J17/0275
    • B25J17/0283
    • Y10T74/19
    • Y10T74/20305
    • Y10T74/20329
    • Y10T74/20323
    • Y10T74/20311
    • Y10T74/20317
    • Y10T74/20335
    • Y10T403/70
  • International Classifications
    • 1599
    • Term of Grant
      15Years
Abstract
Description


FIG. 1 shows a right side view of an embodiment of the robot joint, the left side of this embodiment of the robot joint being a mirror image of the right side, with the depiction of the robot joint in FIG. 1 including contour lines;



FIG. 2 shows a back view of the embodiment of the robot joint, with the depiction of the robot joint in FIG. 2 including contour lines;



FIG. 3 shows a top view of the embodiment of the robot joint, with the depiction of the robot joint in FIG. 3 including contour lines;



FIG. 4 shows a front view of the embodiment of the robot joint, with the depiction of the robot joint in FIG. 4 including contour lines;



FIG. 5 shows a front isometric view of the embodiment of the robot joint, with the depiction of the robot joint in FIG. 5 including contour lines;



FIG. 6 shows a back isometric view of the embodiment of the robot joint, with the depiction of the robot joint in FIG. 6 including contour lines; and,



FIG. 7 shows a bottom view of the embodiment of the robot joint, with the depiction of the robot joint in FIG. 7 including contour lines.


The broken or dotted lines in the figures depict portions of the robot joint that form no part of the claimed design.


The contour lines in the figures illustrate the three-dimensional shapes of surfaces of the robot joint and do not represent ornamental features, shading, or coloring on the robot joint.


Claims
  • The ornamental design for a robot joint as shown and described.
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