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US 12,213,935 B2Granted
Motion assistance apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJongwon Lee, Youn Baek Lee, Se-Gon Roh, Minhyung Lee, Byungjune Choi
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Abstract
A motion assistance apparatus includes a waist frame configured to support a waist of a user, and a proximal support configured to support a proximal part of the user. A pressure applied to a thigh of the user by the proximal support in a sitting state in which the user is sitting may be greater than a pressure applied to the thigh of the user by the proximal support in a standing state in which the user is standing upright.
Claims8
A motion assistance apparatus comprising:
- a waist frame configured to support a waist of a user;
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- a proximal support configured to simultaneously perform a rotation and a translation with respect to the waist frame,
- wherein the proximal support includes a head plate with a first guide slot including an arc shape that extends downward and backwards when the user is in a standing state, and a second guide slot disposed between the first guide slot and the waist frame and extending towards a curved portion of the first guide slot,
- wherein the waist frame includes a first projection and a second projection spaced from the first projection by a projection distance, the first projection and the second projection configured to penetrate the first guide slot and the second guide slot, respectively.
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