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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02);
Abstract
A joint function unit, in which a movable part is supported by a base part so as to be displaceable in an axial direction thereof, includes: a plurality of drive wires each having a fixed part fixed to the movable part on one side in the axial direction and a supported part supported by the base part on the other side in the axial direction; and an elastic body supporting the supported part of each of the plurality of drive wires on the base part, energizing the supported part with respect to the fixed part in the axial direction, and applying tension to the drive wires.