1. A device for moving and positioning an object in space, comprising:
at least three actuating arms that are each connected to a motortransmission unit and are pivotable around a transmission axis;
a support element provided for arranging at least one gripping mechanism for gripping the object;
each actuating arm having, at its free end, a first articulation axis extending parallel to the transmission axis, with first joint parts spaced apart from each other, each belonging to a respective first ball joint;
the support element having a second articulation axis associated with each actuating arm, with first joint parts spaced apart from each other, each belonging to a respective second ball joint;
the first articulation axis being connected to the second articulation axis by a pair of connecting rods that have second joint parts at their ends and, together with the first joint parts on the first articulation axis and the first joint parts on the second articulation axis, these second joint parts at the ends of the connecting rods form the first ball joint and second ball joint, and the connecting rods are connected to each other in order to stabilize the ball joints,
wherein the actuating arms are electrically insulated in relation to one another, and the connecting rods, the joint parts of the ball joints, and either the support element or an electrical conductor strip constitute electrically conductive or signal line-equipped components of a monitoring circuit,
wherein the monitoring circuit extends from one actuating arm via the connecting rods, the joint parts of the ball joints, and the support element or the electrical conductor strip, to the two other actuating arms.
2. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the support element is composed of an electrically conductive material.
3. The device as recited in claim 2, wherein the connecting rods are composed of aluminum, steel, or a material with integrated electrically conductive components or substances.
4. The device as recited in claim 3, wherein the first joint parts are composed of an electrically conductive base material, or of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
5. The device as recited in claim 3, wherein the second joint parts are produced out of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
6. The device as recited in claim 2, wherein the second joint parts are produced out of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
7. The device as recited in claim 2, wherein the first joint parts are composed of an electrically conductive base material, or of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
8. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first joint parts are composed of an electrically conductive base material, or of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
9. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the support element is composed of an electrically non-conductive material and at least two of the adjacent joint parts of the ball joints of adjacent parallelogram rod assemblies are connected to each other via the electrical conductor strip.
10. The device as recited in claim 9, wherein the connecting rods are composed of aluminum, steel, or a material with integrated electrically conductive components or substances.
11. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the first joint parts are composed of an electrically conductive base material, or of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
12. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the second joint parts are produced out of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
13. The device as recited in claim 12, wherein the first joint parts are composed of an electrically conductive base material, or of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
14. The device as recited in claim 9, wherein the second joint parts are produced out of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
15. The device as recited in claim 9, wherein the first joint parts are composed of an electrically conductive base material, or of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
16. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the connecting rods are composed of aluminum, steel, or a material with integrated electrically conductive components or substances.
17. The device as recited in claim 16, wherein the second joint parts are produced out of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
18. The device as recited in claim 16, wherein the first joint parts are composed of an electrically conductive base material, or of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
19. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the second joint parts are produced out of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
20. The device as recited in claim 19, wherein the first joint parts are composed of an electrically conductive base material, or of an electrically conductive ceramic material.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for producing a throttle valve in which, in a first step, a circular, disk-shaped preform is produced from a first plastic by injection molding, and subsequently, after curing of the preform, in a second step, a ring of a second plastic is arranged around the narrow side of the preform by injection molding on the preform and is likewise made to cure, characterized in that a polyphenylene sulfide mixed with fillers or a polyphthalamide mixed with fillers or a polybutylene terephthalate mixed with glass fibers or a polyether ketone mixed with glass fibers or a polyamide mixed with glass fibers is used as the first plastic and the first plastic respectively or silicone rubber or fluororubber or the first plastic respectively mixed with 12 to 16% by weight of polytetrafluoroethyene is used as the second plastic, the ring with a width of 1 to 3.5 mm being arranged in the second step.
2. (canceled)
3. (canceled)
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, in which a polyphenylene sulfide mixed with fillers with a proportion of fillers of 64 to 66% by weight is used as the first plastic.
5. (canceled)
6. The method as claimed in one of claim 1, in which, in the first step, a peripheral projection is arranged on the narrow side of the preform.
7. (canceled)