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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2018
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Kenta Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Stephen William John, Nara, JP;
Hiroki Takeuchi, Osaka, JP;
Shinobu Adachi, Nara, JP;
Abstract
An assistance apparatus includes a first wire and a second wire that couple an upper-body belt and a left knee belt to each other, respectively, a third wire and a fourth wire that couple the upper-body belt and a right knee belt to each other, respectively, and a motor. When assistance is stopped, the motor is configured to reduce tension of the first wire during a first stop period starting in a boundary period in a first period and ending in a start period of a second period, generate no tension in the second wire during the second period, reduce tension of the third wire during a second stop period starting in a boundary period in a third period and ending in a start period of a fourth period, and generate no tension in the fourth wire during the fourth period.