Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wearable robot for assisting muscular strength of lower extremity
- Patent Title (中): 用于协助下肢肌肉力量的穿戴式机器人
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Application No.: US13143759Application Date: 2009-02-27
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Publication No.: US08702632B2Publication Date: 2014-04-22
- Inventor: Chang-Soo Han , Jung-Soo Han , Jae-Ho Jang , Seung-Nam Yu , Hee-Don Lee , Seung-Hoon Lee , Wan-Soo Kim
- Applicant: Chang-Soo Han , Jung-Soo Han , Jae-Ho Jang , Seung-Nam Yu , Hee-Don Lee , Seung-Hoon Lee , Wan-Soo Kim
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Current Assignee: IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Agent Brian R. Morrison
- Priority: KR10-2009-0002321 20090112
- International Application: PCT/KR2009/000939 WO 20090227
- International Announcement: WO2010/079862 WO 20100715
- Main IPC: A61H1/02
- IPC: A61H1/02 ; A61H3/00

Abstract:
A wearable robot for assisting muscular strength of the lower extremity of a user: The wearable robot can be worn on user's legs and includes a central securing part, a hip joint part hingably coupled to either side of a lower end of the central securing part, a femur part fastened to the hip joint part and having rigidity, a knee part including an outer frame and a knee assistant, and a drive unit fastened to one of the hip joint part and the knee joint part to allow operation of the joint part. The outer frame includes an upper side outer frame fastened to a lower end of the femur part and a lower side outer frame fastened to the upper side outer frame by a rotatable knee joint part Both the upper side outer frame and the lower side outer frame are fastened to the knee assistant worn by the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110264016A1 WEARABLE ROBOT FOR ASSISTING MUSCULAR STRENGTH OF LOWER EXTREMITY Public/Granted day:2011-10-27
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