Title:
MUSCULAR POWER ASSISTING DEVICE FOR CARING AND PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR TO BE USED FOR IT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3771056
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To operate a muscular power assisting device with pneumatic actuators, of light weight and small size.
SOLUTION: The leg mounting part 10 of the device main body 9 is made of a crus mounting part 11 and a thigh mounting part 15, which are made freely rotatable by a knee-side joint part 14, a trunk mounting part 20 is made freely rotatable with respect to the part 15 through a waist-side member 16 by a waist-side joint part 21 and an arm mounting part 30 is made of an upper arm mounting part 31 and a front arm mounting part 32 which are made freely rotatable by an elbow-side joint part 33. The pneumatic actuators 41 to 43 provided between the respective mounting parts freely rotatably connected through the parts 14, 21 and 33 are provided with actuator elements consisting of plate materials 45 mutually connected in a state of being freely swingable respectively with one end part as the center and bags 47 arranged between these and expanded and contracted by air supplied to the inside.
Inventors:
Kei Yamamoto
Ken Sawada
Ken Sawada
Application Number:
JP22955398A
Publication Date:
April 26, 2006
Filing Date:
August 14, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Kei Yamamoto
International Classes:
A61G7/10; F15B15/10; A61F2/74; A61H3/00; (IPC1-7): A61G7/10; F15B15/10
Domestic Patent References:
| JP3165765A | ||||
| JP58163364A | ||||
| JP6225912A | ||||
| JP4746313B1 | ||||
| JP62501723A | ||||
| JP3103256A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yamato Tsutsui
Yoshitaka Kozuka
Yoshitaka Kozuka