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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2013
Coventry University, West Midlands, GB;
Nicholas Golsby, Northamptonshire, GB;
Georgios Chrysakis, West Midlands, GB;
Shaun Day, Staffordshire, GB;
Jonathan Beal, Worcestershire, GB;
Jonathan Doel, Greater London, GB;
Coventry University, West Midlands, GB;
Abstract
Exercise apparatus () in which a person exercising exerts a force against a movable actuator () to which is applied an adjustable force by a load system which resists or assists the movement of the actuator and is connected to the actuator by cables (). The load system comprises a fixed, longitudinally arranged coaxial series of coil units (), each coil unit being independently connectible to a source of electric current. The series of coils provides an elongate passage (), and a shuttle () of ferromagnetic material is mounted for relative longitudinal movement within the passage, in response to movement of the actuator. Passage of a current through a coil unit exerts a force on the shuttle when in that coil unit, and is controlled by a microprocessor ().