TOOL EXCHANGE DEVICE, COUPLING UNIT, AND MODULE UNIT

Abstract: a tool exchange device includes: a module attachment portion provided on a coupling unit body of at least one of the first coupling unit and the second coupling unit; and a module unit provided with a connector and detachably attached to the coupling unit body via the module attachment portion. the module attachment portion includes a first fitting portion having a projecting cross section or a recessed cross section. the module unit includes a second fitting portion having a recessed cross section or a projecting cross section, and is fixed to the coupling unit body by the first fitting portion or the second fitting portion having the recessed cross section sandwiching the second fitting portion or the first fitting portion having the projecting cross section in a thickness direction and making a plurality of pins penetrate the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion.

Inventor(s): Kenta MATSUOKA, Ryosuke MATSUMOTO, Hiroki KIKUCHI

CPC Classification: B25J15/04 (with provision for the remote detachment or exchange of the head or parts thereof)

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