Support spring
OwnerNorbert Guentherinventor
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Abstract
What is disclosed is a support spring comprising a calf-side end portion and a foot-side end portion interconnected through a heel part, in particular for articulatedly connecting a lower leg shell and a foot shell of an ankle-foot orthosis, wherein the spring rates of the support spring are different in accordance with the angle of rotation, as well as an ankle-foot orthosis for use of the support spring.
Claims12
A support spring comprising a calf-side end portion and a foot-side end portion which are interconnected by a heel part for an ankle-foot orthosis for articulatedly connecting a lower leg shell with a foot shell wherein the support spring has a spring rate that is different based on an angle of rotation.
The support spring according to claim, wherein the two branches have different thicknesses (f, b) when viewed in the vertical direction, with the ground side branch having a greater thickness than the foot-side branch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.