Support device
AssigneeGottlieb Binder GmbH & Co. KG
InventorJan Tuma
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Abstract
A support device for improving the haptics and/or gripping impression of humanoid or android type hands includes an active surface that interacts with parts (16, 18, 22) of the respective hand to carry out a movement and that has individual stem-like projections. Each projection has a free end face such that the projections at least partially improve the adhesion of at least parts of the hand or a hand protector (10) to surfaces, particularly smooth or delicate surfaces, that are touched. The respective free end faces (26) of the projections (24) are designed such that their adhesion results from acting van der Waals forces between the free end faces (26) and the touched surface.
Claims19
A support device for improving haptics and/or gripping impressions of humanoid and android hands, comprising:
- an active surface interacting with parts of a hand for executing movements and having stem-shaped projections extending from a backing with widen head parts on ends of said projections remote from said backing, each said projection having a convex part turning into a concave part in a vicinity of a foot part of each said projection in a transition area into said backing in longitudinal section and in a direction proceeding from said head part to said foot part of each said projection;
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- free end faces of said head parts at least partially improving adhesion of at least parts of a hand or hand projection to engaged surfaces that are at least one of especially smooth and delicate when touched, said free end faces being formed to provide van der Waals forces between said free end faces and the engaged surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.