Tool changer and tool change system having the same

    公开(公告)号:US11738470B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US16748348

    申请日:2020-01-21

    CPC classification number: B25J15/0608 B25J15/0441 H02K5/225 H02K21/20

    Abstract: A tool changer in accordance with the present disclosure comprises: a housing fastened to a manipulator of a robot, wherein the housing is a non-magnetic material; a bar-shaped magnet disposed in the housing; a motor configured to rotate the magnet on a rotation shaft perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the magnet; and a core configured to derive a path of a magnetic flux by the magnet. The core comprises: a pair of first poles facing both poles of the magnet, when the magnet rotates to be elongated in a first direction; a bridge configured to connect the pair of the first poles and disposed in the housing, wherein the bridge is a magnetic material; a pair of second poles facing the both poles of the magnet, when the magnet rotates to be elongated in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a pair of terminals connected to the second poles and facing a magnetic body disposed outside the housing.

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