Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Walking assistance device
- Patent Title (中): 行走辅助装置
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Application No.: US12612863Application Date: 2009-11-05
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Publication No.: US08394038B2Publication Date: 2013-03-12
- Inventor: Jun Ashihara , Hiroshi Kudoh , Hiroshi Matsuda , Takeshi Koshiishi , Yutaka Hiki
- Applicant: Jun Ashihara , Hiroshi Kudoh , Hiroshi Matsuda , Takeshi Koshiishi , Yutaka Hiki
- 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: JP2008-285476 20081106; JP2009-246857 20091027
- Main IPC: A61H1/00
- IPC: A61H1/00

Abstract:
A walking assistance device having an ankle joint limited in a swingable range in a rolling direction, enabling a user to open his/her legs apart more easily. The walking assistance device includes a seating member 1, a pair of leg links 2 and 2 which support the seating member 1 from below, and a ground contact member 8 connected to each leg link 2 through an ankle joint 7. The ankle joint 7 has a coupling mechanism 100 which includes a joint shaft member 106 and a retaining portion which swingably retains the joint shaft member 106 in the rolling direction in a predetermined range φ. The joint shaft member 106 is inclined to an abduction side in the rolling direction from the middle position of the predetermined range φ in which the joint shaft member is swingable in the rolling direction when the walking assistance device is in an upright state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100121233A1 WALKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2010-05-13
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