公开(公告)号：US20230191627A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US17926109

申请日：2021-05-19

Applicant: JABIL INC.

Inventor： JEROEN BOSBOOM ,  GUNNAR HAUGEN ,  BETHANY WEBER ,  RICHARD MUNRO ,  MICHAEL MCKENNEY ,  KWOK KUEN YU ,  BABAK NADERI

IPC: B25J15/02 ,  B25J15/00 ,  B25J15/06

CPC classification number: B25J15/0286 ,  B25J15/0014 ,  B25J15/0683

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for providing a variable swath end effector. The variable swath end effector may include: two arms, each for retaining a portion of a retained element; two pairs of bearing rails, each pair being uniquely mechanically associated with a one of the two arms, wherein a level of one pair of bearing rails is staggered from a second level of the other pair of earing rails in a perpendicular axis, and wherein the staggered pairs of bearing rails are interleaved with each other; and a motor capable of driving a belt in mechanical association with each of the two arms, wherein actuation of the motor drives the belt to synchronously move each of the two arms across a respective one of the pairs of bearing rails to vary the swath between the two arms.