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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11246784 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2017

Walking training apparatus and method of controlling the same

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroaki Daba, Nisshin, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Michael J Tsai

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A63B 22/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 23/04 (2006.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/0262 (2013.01); A61B 5/103 (2013.01); A61H 1/024 (2013.01); A61H 1/0229 (2013.01); A61H 1/0237 (2013.01); A61H 1/0244 (2013.01); A61H 3/00 (2013.01); A61H 3/008 (2013.01); A63B 21/00181 (2013.01); A63B 21/4011 (2015.10); A63B 22/02 (2013.01); A63B 22/0235 (2013.01); A63B 23/04 (2013.01); A63B 24/0087 (2013.01); A63B 69/0028 (2013.01); A63B 69/0057 (2013.01); G06K 9/00342 (2013.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1215 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1621 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1635 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1642 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1664 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1671 (2013.01); A61H 2201/501 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5043 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5069 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5071 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0406 (2013.01); A61H 2205/10 (2013.01); A61H 2205/102 (2013.01); A61H 2205/106 (2013.01); A63B 22/025 (2015.10); A63B 69/0062 (2020.08); A63B 2022/0094 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0093 (2013.01); A63B 2220/16 (2013.01); A63B 2220/54 (2013.01); A63B 2220/803 (2013.01);
Abstract

A walking training apparatus includes: a treadmill; a walking assistance apparatus configured to be mounted on a leg part of a user and assist the user's walking; a first pulling means for pulling at least one of the walking assistance apparatus and the leg part of the user upward and frontward; a second pulling means for pulling at least one of the walking assistance apparatus and the leg part of the user upward and rearward; and control means for controlling, while the treadmill is not being operated, pulling forces of the first pulling means and the second pulling means in such a way that the direction of a resultant pulling force, which is a resultant force of the pulling force of the first pulling means and the pulling force of the second pulling means, is changed rearward compared to a case in which the treadmill is being operated.

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