Transmission assembly for use in an exoskeleton apparatus
AssigneeBionik Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsThiago Caires, Michal Prywata
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Abstract
An exoskeleton for a limb of a user wherein the limb has an upper portion that is pivotally mounted to another part of the exoskeleton about a pivot axis and the upper portion is drivingly connected to the exoskeleton by a force applied via a drive force transmission axis that is vertically offset from the pivot axis.
Claims20
An exoskeleton for a limb of a user wherein the limb has an upper portion connected to the body of a user and a lower limb portion, the upper limb is rotatable to the body about a first axis and the upper and lower limbs are rotatable to each other about a second axis, the exoskeleton comprising:
- a) a body portion;
- b) at least one limb structure comprising an upper limb portion and a lower limb portion, wherein the upper limb portion is pivotally mounted to the body portion about a first limb portion pivot axis or the upper limb portion is pivotally mounted to the lower limb portion about a second limb portion pivot axis;
- c) a first drive motor provided on the upper limb portion;
- and,
- d) a first drive force transmission mechanism wherein
- i) the first drive force transmission mechanism drivingly connects the first drive motor to the body portion and the first drive force transmission mechanism comprises a first transfer member extending parallel to the first limb portion pivot axis and offset from the first axis, or
- ii) the first drive force transmission mechanism drivingly connects the first drive motor to the lower limb portion and the first drive force transmission mechanism comprises a first transfer member extending parallel to the second limb portion pivot axis and offset from the second axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.