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US 2014/0005577 A1Published application
Airbag for exoskeleton device
OwnerAmit GOFFERinventor
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Abstract
A motorized exoskeleton system for facilitating locomotion for a user, the system including a motorized exoskeleton device, one or a plurality of sensors to sense one or a plurality of parameters indicative of a state in which a user of the motorized exoskeleton device is falling, and an airbag unit comprising one or a plurality of airbags configured to deploy in response to the sensed state.
Claims19
An exoskeleton system comprising:
- a motorized exoskeleton device;
- one or a plurality of sensors to sense one or a plurality of parameters indicative of a state in which a user of the motorized exoskeleton device is falling;
- and,
- an airbag unit comprising one or a plurality of airbags configured to deploy in response to the sensed state.
1 more element
A method enhancing the safety of a user of a motorized exoskeleton device, the method comprising:
- configuring one or a plurality of sensors to sense one or a plurality of parameters indicative of a state in which a user of the motorized exoskeleton device is falling;
- and,
- configuring an airbag unit comprising one or a plurality of airbags configured to deploy in response to the sensed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.