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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Kyushu University, National University Corporation, Fukuoka, JP;
Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Motoji Yamamoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Shin-ichiro Takasugi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yukihide Iwamoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Masanori Sato, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazunobu Hashimoto, Aichi, JP;
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, Fukuoka, JP;
SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a joint movement aid, which has a simple structure and is lightweight and which a user can easily put on and take off, and which has a novel structure capable of safely supporting a walking without impeding a user's autonomous fall-preventing movement even in a case of a disturbance such as external force on the user in a transverse direction. The walking movement aid includes a right and left pair of assisting units provided with drive sources, which exert a pulling force on flexible auxiliary force transmission parts, and a control member for controlling the respective drive sources of the assisting units corresponding to changes in a joint angle with user's hip joints.