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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Yosuke Endo, Wako, JP;
Keishiro Kikuchi, Wako, JP;
Ritsuo Hara, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/005 (2006.01); A61H 7/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61H 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the assist device, the output of an actuator is adjusted so that it becomes lower as a state of charge of a battery exceeds a first threshold value, and also so that it becomes lower as the state of charge of the battery becomes lower. The output of the actuator is controlled on the basis of the state of charge of the battery, so that it is possible to make the agent recognize the change in the state of charge of the battery by changing the output of the actuator, and as a result, to avoid the situation where the agent feels strange with respect to stopping the operation of the assist device following thereto.