Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hip exoskeleton
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Application No.: US16637115Application Date: 2018-09-22
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Publication No.: US12076289B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: He Huang , Ting Zhang
- Applicant: North Carolina State University
- Applicant Address: US NC Raleigh
- Assignee: North Carolina State University
- Current Assignee: North Carolina State University
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Raleigh
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2018/052316 2018.09.22
- International Announcement: WO2019/060791A 2019.03.28
- Date entered country: 2020-02-06
- Main IPC: A61H3/00
- IPC: A61H3/00 ; A61H1/02 ; B25J9/00 ; B25J13/08

Abstract:
An exoskeleton wearable on a body of a human having two legs, the exoskeleton comprising a first HAA joint and a second HAA joint to assist the human with leg abduction and adduction movements that are parallel to a frontal plane, each of the first and the second HAA joints having an actuator, each actuator including a motor and a clutch. The exoskeleton further comprises a sensor system for measuring a combined center of mass of the human and the exoskeleton in the frontal plane and a step width of the human in the frontal plane. The exoskeleton further comprises a controller that outputs adjustment angles for each of the first and the second HAA joints based on the center of mass and the step width. The first and the second HAA joints are respectively rotated based on the respective output adjustment angles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210369533A1 HIP EXOSKELETON Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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