Title:
ASSISTANCE APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/070848
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An assistance apparatus (1) is provided with: a base (2) on which the feet of an assistance recipient are placed; a support arm part (3) that can support a part of the body of the assistance recipient and that is provided to the base and can perform motion with respect to the standing direction for causing the assistance recipient to stand or the seating direction for causing the assistance recipient to be seated, defined as a motion direction; an actuator (5) that is connected to the base and the support arm part so as to drive the support arm part; and a cushioning mechanism (7) that is disposed at one of members from the base to the support arm part coupled via the actuator or is disposed between members connected to each other and that absorbs at least a part of a drive force of the actuator when an external force in the standing direction is applied by drive of the actuator to the support arm part performing motion toward the seating direction, thereby providing assistance to a transferring motion of the assistance recipient.
Inventors:
NOGUCHI TAKEHIRO (JP)
NOMURA HIDEAKI (JP)
NOMURA HIDEAKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/037141
Publication Date:
April 09, 2020
Filing Date:
October 04, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FUJI CORP (JP)
International Classes:
A61G7/14; A61G5/14
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2017134815A1 | 2017-08-10 |
Foreign References:
| JP2016165313A | 2016-09-15 | |||
| JP2017023299A | 2017-02-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KYORITSU INTERNATIONAL (JP)
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