Exoskeleton pelvic link having hip joint and inguinal joint
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorGavin A. Barnes
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Abstract
An exoskeleton pelvic sub-assembly includes one or more pelvic links each having a hip sagittal rotation axis and an inguinal sagittal rotation axis different from the hip sagittal rotation axis. A hip joint is coupled to the pelvic link and is configured to be coupled to a hip link of the exoskeleton. The hip joint is configured to allow sagittal plane rotation of the pelvic link with respect to the hip link about the hip sagittal rotation axis. One or more inguinal joints are also coupled to the pelvic link, each configured to be coupled to a thigh link. The inguinal joint is configured to allow sagittal plane rotation of the pelvic link with respect to the thigh link about the inguinal sagittal rotation axis.
Claims11
An exoskeleton pelvic sub-assembly comprising:
- a first pelvic link having a common hip sagittal rotation axis and a first inguinal sagittal rotation axis different from the common hip sagittal rotation axis;
- a second pelvic link having the common hip sagittal rotation axis and a second inguinal sagittal rotation axis different from the common hip sagittal rotation axis;
- a first hip joint coupled to the first pelvic link, the first hip joint configured to be coupled to a hip link and to allow sagittal plane rotation of the first pelvic link with respect to the hip link about the common hip sagittal rotation axis in response to movement by a user wearing the exoskeleton pelvic sub-assembly;
- a second hip joint coupled to the second pelvic link, the second hip joint configured to be coupled to the hip link and to allow sagittal plane rotation of the second pelvic link with respect to the hip link about the common hip sagittal rotation axis in response to movement by a user wearing the exoskeleton pelvic sub-assembly;
- a first inguinal joint coupled to the first pelvic link, the first inguinal joint configured to be coupled to a first thigh link and to allow sagittal plane rotation of the first pelvic link with respect to the first thigh link about the first inguinal sagittal rotation axis in response to the movement by the user;
- a second inguinal joint coupled to the second pelvic link, the second inguinal joint configured to be coupled to a second thigh link and to allow sagittal plane rotation of the second pelvic link with respect to the second thigh link about the second inguinal sagittal rotation axis in response to the movement by the user;
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- a rigid pelvic arc member fixed to the first pelvic link and the second pelvic link, the rigid pelvic arc member being configured to extend behind a body of the user and spaced a distance from a back of the body of the user to avoid contact with the back of the body of the user.
An exoskeleton pelvic sub-assembly comprising:
- a pair of pelvic links having a common hip sagittal rotation axis, each respective pelvic link of the pair of pelvic links having a corresponding inguinal sagittal rotation axis that is different from the common hip sagittal rotation axis;
- a hip link comprising a first end configured to be located in proximity to a first side of a user and a second end configured to be located in proximity to a second side of a user;
- a pair of hip joints, each hip joint of the pair of hip joints coupled to a corresponding different pelvic link of the pair of pelvic links, and configured to be coupled to the hip link and to allow sagittal plane rotation of the corresponding different pelvic link with respect to the hip link about the common hip sagittal rotation axis in response to movement by a user wearing the exoskeleton pelvic sub-assembly;
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- a rigid pelvic arc member fixed to the pair of pelvic links, the rigid pelvic arc member being configured to extend behind a body of the user and spaced a distance from a back of the body of the user to avoid contact with the back of the body of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.