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US 10,154,936 B2Granted
Connecting module and motion assistance apparatus including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByungjune Choi, Youn Baek Lee, Se-gon Roh, Minhyung Lee, Jeonghun Kim, Jongwon Lee, Hyun Do Choi
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Abstract
Provided are a connecting module and a motion assistance apparatus including the same, the connecting module including a case provided to incline downward from a space recessed between a waist and a hip of a user to a hip joint of the user, a power transmitting assembly disposed in an internal portion of the case, and a supporting module connecting portion disposed at an output terminal of the power transmitting assembly and to be fastened with a supporting module that supports a leg of the user.
Claims19
A connecting module comprising:
- a combining frame including a side cover to cover at least a gluteus minimus of a user and a hip joint cover extended downward from the side cover to cover a hip joint of the user;
- a connecting frame fixed to the combining frame;
- a driving source originating and projecting axially from a first side of the connecting frame and extending in a first direction from a rear portion of the side cover of the combining frame towards the user such that at least a portion of the driving source is disposed in a recessed space between a waist and the hip joint of the user and spaced away from the hip joint;
- a support connector originating and projecting axially from a second side of the connecting frame and extending in a second direction from the hip joint cover of the combining frame away from the user at a position on the connecting frame eccentric from the driving source such that a driving axis of the driving source is eccentric to an axis of rotation of the support connector with respect to the combining frame, the axis of rotation of the support connector being rotationally controlled by the driving source, the second direction being opposite the first direction, the support connector configured to connect with a support that directly supports a thigh of the user;
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- a power transmitting assembly configured to transfer driving power from the driving source to the support connector.
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A motion assistance apparatus comprising:
- a fixing member configured to attach to a waist of a user;
- a support configured to be fixed to a thigh of the user to assist a movement of the thigh;
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- a connecting module including,
- a combining frame including a side cover configured to cover at least a glutueus minimus of the user and a hip joint cover extended downward from the side cover to cover a hip joint of the user,
- a connecting frame fixed to the combining frame, the connecting frame configured to transmit power to the support,
- a driving source originating and projecting axially from a first side of the connecting frame and extending in a first direction from a rear portion of the side cover of the combining frame towards the user such that at least a portion of the driving source is disposed in a recessed space between the waist and a hip joint of the user and spaced away from the hip joint,
- a support connector originating and projecting axially from a second side of the connecting frame and extending in a second direction from the hip joint cover of the combining frame away from the user at a position on the connecting frame eccentric from the driving source such that a driving axis of the driving source is eccentric to an axis of rotation of the support connector with respect to the combining frame, the axis of rotation of the support connecting being rotationally controlled by the driving source, the second direction being opposite the first direction, the support connector configured to connect with the support that directly supports the thigh of the user,
- a power transmitting assembly configured to transmit the power from the driving source to the support connector, and
- a case configured to mount in a space recessed between a waist and a hip of the user such that the case is-configured to incline downward the hip of the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.