Humanoid robot

{
  "publication_number": "US12121082B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Humanoid robot",
  "abstract": "A humanoid robot (1) includes a heat discharge garment (5) that covers the humanoid robot (1), and an air blower provided in the humanoid robot (1) or the heat discharge garment (5) to blow external air into the humanoid robot (1) or the heat discharge garment (5). An air blowing flow path (101) is provided between the heat discharge garment (5) and an outer shell of the humanoid robot (1).",
  "claims": [
    "1. A humanoid robot comprising: a heat discharge garment that covers the humanoid robot; and an air blower provided in the humanoid robot or the heat discharge garment to blow external air into the humanoid robot or the heat discharge garment, wherein an air blowing flow path is provided between the heat discharge garment and an outer shell of the humanoid robot; wherein the heat discharge garment includes a tightening portion that forms the air blowing flow path while bringing an interior of the heat discharge garment into a positive pressure state, and wherein the humanoid robot includes a receiving member that comes into contact with the tightening portion provided in the heat discharge garment.",
    "2. The humanoid robot according to claim 1, wherein a ventilation port through which air passes is formed in the receiving member, and the humanoid robot includes a flow rate adjustment member that adjusts an opening area of the ventilation port of the receiving member.",
    "3. The humanoid robot according to claim 2, wherein the heat discharge garment has opening portions through which a neck portion, a waist portion, and a limb portion of the humanoid robot pass, and the tightening portion is provided inside at least one of the opening portions.",
    "4. The humanoid robot according to claim 1, wherein the heat discharge garment has opening portions through which a neck portion, a waist portion, and a limb portion of the humanoid robot pass, and the tightening portion is provided inside at least one of the opening portions.",
    "5. The humanoid robot according to claim 1, wherein an internal ventilation flow path communicating with the air blowing flow path is formed in an inner shell of the humanoid robot.",
    "6. A humanoid robot comprising: a heat discharge garment that covers the humanoid robot; an air blower provided in the humanoid robot or the heat discharge garment to blow external air into the humanoid robot or the heat discharge garment, wherein an air blowing flow path is provided between the heat discharge garment and an outer shell of the humanoid robot, wherein the heat discharge garment has a cuff opening portion or a bottom opening portion formed as an opening portion through which a limb portion of the humanoid robot passes, and an air discharge port communicating with the air blowing flow path is provided in the cuff opening portion or the bottom opening portion.",
    "7. A humanoid robot comprising: a heat discharge garment that covers the humanoid robot; an air blower provided in the humanoid robot or the heat discharge garment to blow external air into the humanoid robot or the heat discharge garment, wherein an air blowing flow path is provided between the heat discharge garment and an outer shell of the humanoid robot, wherein an air intake port for fetching external air into the air blowing flow path from a wrist portion of the humanoid robot is provided.",
    "8. The humanoid robot according to claim 7, wherein the air blower is provided in the wrist portion of the humanoid robot.",
    "9. The humanoid robot according to claim 8, wherein a collar opening portion is formed in the heat discharge garment, as an opening portion through which a neck portion of the humanoid robot passes, and an air discharge port communicating with the air blowing flow path is provided in the collar opening portion.",
    "10. The humanoid robot according to claim 7, wherein a collar opening portion is formed in the heat discharge garment, as an opening portion through which a neck portion of the humanoid robot passes, and an air discharge port communicating with the air blowing flow path is provided in the collar opening portion."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to a humanoid robot.\n\nPriority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2018-195397, filed on Oct. 16, 2018 and Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-184137, filed on Oct. 4, 2019, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.\n\nPatent Document 1 discloses a protective garment for a humanoid robot which covers a whole body of a humanoid robot to prevent dust and external water from entering the humanoid robot. The protective garment for the humanoid robot uses a fabric having high heat dissipation (material having a multi-layer structure of nylon fiber and nylon fiber and polyurethane foam resin) in order to externally dissipate heat of the humanoid robot. In addition, in the protective garment for the humanoid robot, a cooling air supply and discharge port that fetches air into the protective garment and discharges heated air is provided around a control device which generates the heat.\n\n[Patent Document 1]\n\nJapanese Unexamined Patent Application, First Publication No. 2004-183157\n\nIncidentally, the humanoid robot has multiple joints, and heat-generating portions are scattered in a whole body of the humanoid robot. Therefore, in order to cool the heat-generating portions of the whole body by using the air, it is necessary to blow the air to every place in the whole body of the humanoid robot. However, depending on a posture of the humanoid robot, an air blowing flow path may be narrowed, and an air flow may be blocked in some portions. In this case, the heat-generating portions of the whole body cannot be sufficiently cooled.",
  "cpc": [
    "A41D 13/0025",
    "B25J 19/0054",
    "B25J 19/0075"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "A41D 13/002",
    "B25J 19/00"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "THK Co Ltd"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Masaki Nagatsuka",
    "Yoshiyuki Yamanoue",
    "Ryuta Sakai",
    "Katsuya TSUJINAKA",
    "Kana Kozawa"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2019-10-15",
  "publication_date": "2024-10-22",
  "grant_date": "2024-10-22",
  "priority_date": "2018-10-16",
  "application_number": "US-201917282045-A",
  "family_id": "70724799",
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