Robot joint

- Universal Robots A/S
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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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Patent History
Patent number: D1082878
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 14, 2022
Date of Patent: Jul 8, 2025
Assignee: Universal Robots A/S (Odense)
Inventors: Malin Grummas (Stockholm), Johan Bohman (Lund), Anja Saabye (Odense), Michael Sjørup Christiansen (Fyn), Steffen Johansen (Odense), Michael Fair (Wakefield, MA)
Primary Examiner: Patricia A Palasik
Application Number: 29/823,113
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Miscellaneous (D15/199)