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Title:
WALKING ASSIST DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014068949
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To facilitate putting-on a walking assist device that assists walking or the like.

The walking assist device comprises: a first actuator that rotates an upper thigh link and a lower thigh link by applying driving force on a knee joint; a second actuator that allows an angle of a saddle link relative to the upper thigh link to be changed; and a control unit that enables the execution of an assist process for reducing a burden of a user by at least applying driving force on the first actuator, and the execution of a put-on process for rotating the saddle link so as to cause the saddle link to face a predetermined direction by driving the second actuator.


Inventors:
KOTABE AKIRA
Application Number:
JP2012218901A
Publication Date:
April 21, 2014
Filing Date:
September 28, 2012
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
EQUOS RES CO LTD
International Classes:
A61H3/00; B25J11/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ryukichi Abe
Hirukawa Masanobu
Teiji Tanaka
Takashi Koyama
Hideo Sugai
Kenji Aoki
Hiroshi Nagisawa
Akira Yonezawa
Takehiko Katayose