Exercising apparatus with a limb support, and method for determining the force acting on a limb support of an exercising apparatus
Assigneemedica-Medizintechnik GmbH
InventorOtto HOEBEL
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An exercising apparatus for exercising at least one limb, having a supporting frame and at least one crank which is arranged on a rotation shaft assigned to the supporting frame, and having at least one limb support which can be fastened to the at least one crank at different radial distances from the rotation shaft. A detector is provided for detecting the radial distance of the at least one limb support from the rotation shaft. The invention further relates to a limb support and to a method for determining the force acting on a limb support of an exercising apparatus.
Claims10
An exercising apparatus for exercising at least one limb, the exercising apparatus comprising:
- a supporting frame;
- at least one crank arranged on a rotation shaft assigned to the supporting frame;
- at least one limb support adapted to be fastened to the at least one crank at different radial distances from the rotation shaft;
- and
- a detector to detect a radial distance of the at least one limb support from the rotation shaft.
A method for determining a force acting on a limb support of an exercising apparatus, the method comprising:
- positioning the limb support on a crank at a radial distance from its rotation shaft;
- detecting the radial distance via at least one sensor;
- and
- evaluating in an evaluation unit a measured value detected by the sensor in conjunction with a torque acting on the rotation shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.