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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Kyushu University, National University Corporation, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Komaki-shi, Aichi, JP;
Motoji Yamamoto, Itoshima, JP;
Shin-ichiro Takasugi, Fukuoka, JP;
Masanori Sato, Fukuoka, JP;
Takahiro Komatsu, Nagoya, JP;
Kazunobu Hashimoto, Nagoya, JP;
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, Fukuoka, JP;
SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, Komaki, JP;
Abstract
A swinging leg pendulum movement aid for walking including a pair of assisting units for a left leg and a right leg each having a drive source for applying a pulling force to an auxiliary force transmission part, a joint angle sensor for detecting a joint angle of user's hip joints, and a control member for driving the drive sources of the respective assisting units corresponding to changes in the joint angle and applying an assistance force in a forward swinging direction to the swinging leg that kicked off a ground so as to aid a pendulum movement of the swinging leg.