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OT-2026-000002361

Sliding guide block for robot end effector

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Robotics & Automation › Robot Architectures
Inventors
BLACKWELL CALEB H, DOAK ARTHUR G
Assignee
MSS INC, MSS LLC
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US-12564972-B1, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 3 March 2026
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Abstract

A robotic end effector includes a mounting block, a shaft, an end effector, and a plurality of spring biased mounting fasteners. The shaft extends from the mounting block and has a longitudinal axis. The end effector is mounted on an end of the shaft for engaging an article to be grasped. The plurality of spring biased mounting fasteners may be configured to connect the mounting block to a movable mounting frame of a robot such that in the absence of a lateral deflecting force being applied to the end effector the mounting block is held resiliently against the movable mounting frame of the robot with the longitudinal axis in a first orientation, and further such that when a lateral deflecting force is applied to the end effector the end of the shaft can deflect laterally such that the longitudinal axis is skewed from the first orientation.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000002361, “Sliding guide block for robot end effector,” published September 15, 2026 at 19:12:30 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002361.

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