US 2021/0078162 A1Published application

Assist device

AssigneeJtekt Corporation

InventorsYoshitaka YOSHIMI, Kazuyoshi OHTSUBO, Tomoki ARAI, Hiromichi OHTA

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Abstract

An assist device includes a first harness, a second harness, a belt body, an actuator and a controller. The controller is configured to perform operation control of the actuator. The controller is configured to, upon operation of the actuator being started in a state in which the first harness and the second harness is fitted to the user, perform winding of the belt body with a first winding force, and is configured to, upon the winding of the belt body being completed, change the winding force of the actuator to a second winding force that is smaller than the first winding force.

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Dependent claims

An assist device comprising:

a first harness configured to be fitted to at least one of a shoulder region and a breast region of a user;
a second harness configured to be fitted to a leg region or a waist region of the user;
a belt body provided so as to extend to the first harness and to the second harness along a back side of the user;
an actuator provided in one harness of the first harness and the second harness and configured to wind and unwind a part of the belt body;
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a controller configured to perform operation control of the actuator, the controller being configured to, upon operation of the actuator being started in a state in which the first harness and the second harness are fitted to the user, perform winding of the belt body with a first winding force, and configured to, upon the winding of the belt body being completed, change the winding force of the actuator to a second winding force that is smaller than the first winding force.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/015,260Filed 9 Sep 2020
Priority: JP 2019-16617112 Sep 2019
Published: 18 Mar 2021
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Classification27 codes

A61H 1/0229
Drawing-out devices: by reducing gravity forces normally applied to the body, e.g. by lifting or hanging the body or part of it
B25J 9/0006
Program-controlled manipulators: exoskeletons, i.e. resembling a human figure
A61H 1/024
For the lower limbs: knee
A61H 1/0244
For the lower limbs: hip

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