Exoskeleton
AssigneeGolden Crab S.L.
InventorJuan Moran Adarraga
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Abstract
Exoskeleton for physical activity, specially snow skiing, for preventing knee, leg and hip injuries by preventing the excessive torsion of the knee and other movements that could be dangerous for the person wearing it. The exoskeleton diverts the potential dangerous forces to the strong parts of the body and resists the generated forces when it reaches dangerous anatomical positions. The exoskeleton includes at least one first support member configured to couple above the knee; at least one second support member configured to couple below the knee; both of them linked together by a linkage assembly that limits that the coupling to the body of the support members reach dangerous positions; and at least one angle limitation mechanism that limits the relative rotation between the first support member and the second support member.
Claims43
An exoskeleton to be worn by a person to provide protection against injuries, comprising:
- at least one first support member configured to couple the exoskeleton to the person's body above the knee;
- at least one second support member configured to couple the exoskeleton to the person's body below the knee;
- a linkage assembly comprising an upper end and a lower end, the linkage assembly coupled at the upper end of the linkage assembly to the first support member and coupled at the lower end of the linkage assembly to the second support member, the linkage assembly extending generally along the leg when the exoskeleton is worn by the person;
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- at least one angle limitation mechanism that limits the relative torsion between the coupling to the body of the first support member and the coupling to the body of the second support member.
An exoskeleton to be worn by a person to provide protection against injuries, comprising:
- at least one first support member configured to couple the exoskeleton to the person's body above the knee;
- at least one second support member configured to couple the exoskeleton to the person's body below the knee;
- a linkage assembly comprising an upper end and a lower end, the linkage assembly coupled at the upper end of the linkage assembly to the first support member and coupled at the lower end of the linkage assembly to the second support member, the linkage assembly extending generally along the leg when the exoskeleton is worn by the person;
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- means for limiting the relative torsion between the coupling to the body of the first support member and the coupling to the body of the second support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.