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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2023
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Aichi, JP;
Akio Shimizu, Aichi, JP;
Takahiro Harita, Aichi, JP;
Takashi Abe, Ibaraki, JP;
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi, JP;
UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA, Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A rocking device includes: a seat which supports a body of a user; a motor which rotates a rotation shaft in a first rotation direction and in a second rotation direction that is a rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction, and thereby supplies motive power for rocking the seat via a gear attached to the rotation shaft; and a controller which controls rocking of the seat via the motor. The seat is configured to make a first motion of moving in a first movement direction, in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft in the first rotation direction, and make a second motion of moving in a second movement direction, in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft in the second rotation direction. The controller is configured to control rocking of the seat such that a prescribed stopped period is provided between the first motion and second motion.