Remote tong/tool latch and storage bracket for an advanced servo-manipulator

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:867320

Nicholson, John R ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge, TN

An arrangement for stowing releasable end effectors for manipulator arms wherein the end effector includes a releasable latch mechanism for connecting the end effector to the manipulator arm, and a storage holder is provided which includes an arrangement for actuating the latch mechanism as the end effector is moved into and out of the holder by the action of the manipulator arm.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Assignee: Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): US 4913617
• OSTI ID: 867320
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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