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Patent No.: US 5,333,514
Title: Parallel robot
Inventor(s): Osamu Toyama, Masaru Uchiyama, and Francois Pierrot
Applicant(s): Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, Masaru Uchiyama, and Francois Pierrot
Issued/Filed: August 2, 1994 / March 26, 1993
Note: the "Hexa" assembly robot
(www.space.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/research/hexa/hexa-e.html)
(www.space.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/research/hexa97/hexa97-e.html)
 
Patent No.: WO 99/38646
Title: Systems and Methods Employing a Rotary Track for Machining and Manufacturing
Inventor(s): Yau Lam Chi
Applicant(s): Hexel Corporation
Issued/Filed: August 5, 1999 / February 3, 1999
Note: Hexel's "Rotobot" — a 6-DOF PKM
(www.hexel.com/rotobot.htm)
Similar Pats.: US 6,196,081
 
Patent No.: US 5,857,815
Title: Mechanical Manipulator
Inventor(s): Ralph Peter Steven Bailey and Jerome Joseph Leary
Applicant(s): Geodetic Technology International Holdings N.V.
Issued/Filed: January 12, 1991 / November 18, 1996
Note: Geodetic's "Hexapod" — a 6-DOF PKM
Similar Pats.: WO 99/12698, US 5,575,597, WO 99/12697, WO 97/47428,
WO 94/29946, WO 92/17313, WO 92/17313
 
Patent No.: US 5,715,729
Title: Machine Tool Having Parallel Structure
Inventor(s): Taizo Toyama, Yoichi Yamakawa, and Hiroyoshi Suzuki
Applicant(s): Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
Issued/Filed: February 10, 1998 / November 28, 1995
Note: Toyoda's "HexaM" milling machine — a 6-DOF PKM
(www.toyoda-kouki.co.jp)
Similar Pats.: US 5,941,128
 
Patent No.: US 4,732,525
Title: Robot
Inventor(s): Karl-Erik Neumann
Applicant(s): Neos Product HB
Issued/Filed: March 22, 1988 / April 21, 1986
Note: Neos Robotics' "Tricept" — a 3-DOF PKM
(www.neosrobotics.com)
Similar Pats.: US 6,043,621
 

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