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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasushi Ikeuchi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/68 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/60 (2013.01); A61F 2/68 (2013.01); A61F 5/0102 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0155 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a walking assist device independent of a deviation of a bending/stretching state between user's legs and applying a force to a user in a direction intended by the user. The walking assist device performs control so that the larger the deviation of a value of a bending/stretching state variable representing the bending/stretching state of each of a pair of right and left legs of a user P is, the larger the deviation between the assist forces Fr and Fl acting on the user P from each of the leg linksis.