Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Walking assist device
- Patent Title (中): 行走辅助装置
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Application No.: US12481221Application Date: 2009-06-09
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Publication No.: US08142371B2Publication Date: 2012-03-27
- Inventor: Yasushi Ikeuchi , Eiji Ninomiya
- Applicant: Yasushi Ikeuchi , Eiji Ninomiya
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP
- Priority: JP2008-153300 20080611
- Main IPC: A61H1/00
- IPC: A61H1/00

Abstract:
A power transmission system, which transmits a driving force from a rotary actuator to a third joint of a leg link, applies a driving torque to the third joint from an output shaft of the rotary actuator via a driving crank arm, a connecting rod, and a driven crank arm. A translational force (rod transmitting force) generated at the connecting rod in the longitudinal direction thereof is measured on the basis of an output of a force sensor fixed to the connecting rod. With the rod transmitting force or a driving torque applied to the third joint by the rod transmitting force as a controlled variable, the driving force of the rotary actuator is feedback-controlled according to the measured value of the rod transmitting force and a desired value of the controlled variable so that the controlled variable coincides with the desired value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090312155A1 WALKING ASSIST DEVICE Public/Granted day:2009-12-17
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