Joint mechanism
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTomoya Amari
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Abstract
A joint mechanism pivotably connecting first and second links respectively to be fitted on first and second body parts of a user which are connected to each other via a joint, the joint mechanism including: a first slide member connected to the first link and provided with a first slide track having an arc shape that is convex away from the joint in side view; an intermediate slide member provided with a second slide track having an arc shape that is convex away from the joint in side view, and connected to the first slide member to be slidable along the first slide track; and a second slide member connected to the intermediate slide member to be slidable along the second slide track, and connected to the second link, wherein the first and second slide tracks track have different centers of curvature.
Claims9
A joint mechanism pivotably connecting a first link and a second link respectively to be fitted on a first body part and a second body part of a user to assist motion of the user, the first and second body parts being connected to each other via a joint, the first link extending along an extension side of the first body part when fitted on the first body part, the second link extending along an extension side of the second body part when fitted on the second body part, the joint mechanism comprising:
- a first slide member connected to the first link and provided with a first slide track having an arc shape that is convex away from the joint in side view;
- an intermediate slide member provided with a first corresponding slide track configured to cooperate with the first slide track and a second slide track having an arc shape that is convex away from the joint in side view, and connected to the first slide member so as to be slidable along the first slide track;
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- a second slide member provided with a second corresponding slide track configured to cooperate with the second slide track, connected to the intermediate slide member so as to be slidable along the second slide track, and connected to the second link,
- wherein the first and second slide tracks have different centers of curvature from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.