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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2017
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Hiromichi Ohta, Kariya, JP;
Toshiki Kumeno, Kyoto, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
An assistance apparatus includes: a body brace; an output link to be put on an assistance subject body part, the output link pivoting about a joint in the assistance subject body part; an actuator including an output shaft that generates an assistance torque; a torque detection section provided at any position on the way from the output link to the output shaft (of the actuator); torque determination section for determining a combined torque that is a combination of a subject person torque input from the output link as a result of a subject person making the assistance subject body part pivot with the subject person's own strength and the assistance torque from the output shaft; and a controller that controls a rotational angle of the output shaft based on the combined torque.