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Wearable motion assistance device

Grant US12575995B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

CYBERDYNE Inc.

Inventors

Hiromasa Hara, Masahiro Takama, Hiroki Watari

Abstract

In a state where a drive unit is located on a lateral side of a joint(s) of a wearer wearing clothes and a communication unit and a frame unit are fixed and retained corresponding to the wearer's first and second body sites, respectively, a driving torque of an actuator according to movements of the wearer's joint is transmitted as an assist force to the first and second body sites without giving any physical burdens or hindrances in daily life to the wearer.

CPC Classifications

B25J 9/0006 A61H 3/00 A61H 2201/1215 A61H 2201/0107 A61H 2201/5069 A61H 2201/1463 A61H 2201/5007 A61H 1/0244 A61H 1/024 A61H 2201/165 A61H 1/0255 A61H 1/0277 A61H 2201/5058 A61H 2201/5023 A61H 2201/5046 A61H 2205/102 A61H 2201/164 A61F 5/00

Filing Date

2021-02-09

Application No.

17801180

Claims

14