US 12,186,894 B2
Articulated mechanism with protective sleeve at joint
Louis-Pierre Fortin, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to KINOVA INC., Boisbriand (CA)
Filed by KINOVA INC., Boisbriand (CA)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,039.
Application 17/725,039 is a division of application No. 16/570,095, filed on Sep. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,331,814.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/730,621, filed on Sep. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0241991 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 17/00 (2013.01) [B25J 9/106 (2013.01); B25J 18/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective sleeve for covering a joint between links of a robotic arm, comprising:
a rigid annular member extending around an axis and extending longitudinally relative to the axis, the rigid annular member having an outer face; and
a flexible annular member extending around the axis and abutting the outer surface of the rigid annular member, the flexible annular member and the rigid annular member axially overlapping each other relative to the axis, the flexible annular member having a portion extending axially beyond the rigid annular member, the flexible annular member foldable onto a folded configuration in which the portion of the flexible annular member is folded onto the rigid annular member by being flipped onto itself and in which the portion axially overlaps the rigid annular member.