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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Suitx, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Logan Van Engelhoven, Berkeley, CA (US);
Homayoon Kazerooni, Berkeley, CA (US);
James Ren, Mountain View, CA (US);
Wayne Yi-Wei Tung, Berkeley, CA (US);
Valantyn Koziak, Oakland, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
suitX, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A neck supporting exoskeleton is configured to be worn by a person to support the person's head during backward extension motions of the person's neck. The neck supporting exoskeleton may comprise a torso frame configured to be coupled to the person's torso, a head pillow configured to contact the rear portion of the person's head during backward extension motions of the person's neck, a linkage allowing for relative motion between the head pillow and the torso frame in the sagittal plane of the person, and an actuator configured to impose a supporting force onto the head pillow. When the person's neck extension angle increases beyond an engagement angle, the actuator causes the linkage to impose a supporting force onto the head pillow resisting the backward extension motion of the head pillow and the person's head relative to the torso frame thereby providing a support for the person's head.