公开(公告)号：US20230293379A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18072805

申请日：2022-12-01

Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Young Min KIM ,  Yong Seok CHOI ,  Soong Do LEE ,  Lae Hoon JEONG

IPC: A61H1/02 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/10 ,  B25J13/08

CPC classification number: A61H1/0274 ,  A61H1/0285 ,  B25J9/0006 ,  B25J9/1085 ,  B25J13/081 ,  A61H2201/165 ,  A61H2201/0207 ,  A61H2201/0214 ,  A61H2201/5082 ,  A61H2201/5043 ,  A61H2201/0188 ,  A61H2201/1635 ,  A61H2201/1207 ,  A61H2201/1614 ,  A61H2201/1628 ,  A61H2201/164 ,  A61H2201/1619

Abstract: A wearable suit and control method thereof is disclosed herein. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of controlling a wearable suit including a muscular strength assistance unit, at least a portion of which is made of a shape memory alloy material, is provided, the method including: a heating process of heating the muscular strength assistance unit to provide auxiliary force to a user of the wearable suit; and a cooling process of cooling the muscular strength assistance unit to reduce the auxiliary force, wherein the cooling process is a process of cooling the muscular strength assistance unit based on an operating time of the user.

公开(公告)号：US20240198510A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18530786

申请日：2023-12-06

Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. ,  WITHFORCE Inc.

Inventor： Lae Hoon JEONG ,  Yong Seok CHOI ,  Young Min KIM ,  Soong Do LEE

IPC: B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/10

CPC classification number: B25J9/0006 ,  B25J9/1085

Abstract: An actuator and a wearable suit, where the wearable suit includes an elastic body configured to generate an assistance force to assist a muscular strength of a user, and a stopper configured to fix the elastic body in a contracted or expanded state by an initial displacement so that an initial assistance force equal to or more than a threshold is generated by the elastic body, where the threshold includes a set magnitude exceeding 0.

公开(公告)号：US20230293378A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US17732921

申请日：2022-04-29

Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Young Min KIM ,  Yong Seok CHOI ,  Soong Do LEE ,  Lae Hoon JEONG

IPC: A61H1/02 ,  B25J9/00

CPC classification number: A61H1/0274 ,  B25J9/0006 ,  A61H2201/165 ,  A61H2201/164 ,  A61H2201/1614 ,  A61H2201/1619 ,  A61H2201/1207

Abstract: A wearable suit configured to assist muscular strength of a user, the wearable suit comprising: a body unit; a fixing unit configured to fix the body unit to an upper body of the user; an arm coupling unit coupled to at least a portion of an arm of the user; and an arm connecting unit configured to connect the body unit and the arm coupling unit to each other. The body unit comprises a housing defining an accommodating space therein; and a muscular strength assistance unit disposed inside the housing and comprising at least a portion comprised of a shape memory alloy material.