US 12,117,067 B2
Belt termination and tensioning in a pulley arrangement for a robotic arm
Roman Devengenzo, San Jose, CA (US); Matthew Reagan Williams, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Stephen John Morfey, Santa Clara, CA (US); Ricardo Alfonso León, San Jose, CA (US); Andrew Metzger, Oakland, CA (US); Karen Shakespear Koenig, San Jose, CA (US); and Vijay Soundararajan, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Verb Surgical Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Verb Surgical Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/455,119.
Application 18/455,119 is a division of application No. 17/732,842, filed on Apr. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,767,902.
Application 17/732,842 is a division of application No. 15/706,582, filed on Sep. 15, 2017, granted, now 11,345,053, issued on May 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/395,704, filed on Sep. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392674 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 19/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); F16H 55/52 (2006.01); F16H 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 19/0672 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1045 (2013.01); F16H 55/52 (2013.01); F16H 19/005 (2013.01); F16H 2019/0668 (2013.01); F16H 2019/0677 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pulley arrangement, comprising:
a base pulley portion rotatable around an axis;
an adjustable pulley portion comprising a first member and a second member disposed in a recess of the base pulley portion and movable in a first direction parallel to the axis; and
a first sliding block engaged with the adjustable pulley portion;
wherein the first sliding block is configured to move in a second direction different from the first direction, in response to compression of the adjustable pulley portion against the base pulley portion.