US 12,330,017 B2
Lower-limb walking rehabilitation trainer
Kuihua Zhan, Suzhou (CN); Zixian Qiu, Suzhou (CN); and Yuhao Lu, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY, Suzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 17/801,312
Filed by SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY, Suzhou (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/141922
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/024374, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202110990617.2 (CN), filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0321480 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 22/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 22/0056 (2013.01) [A63B 22/0046 (2013.01); A63B 2022/0038 (2013.01); A63B 2022/0094 (2013.01); A63B 2225/09 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lower-limb walking rehabilitation trainer, comprising two supporting frames, two gait simulation mechanisms installed on the two supporting frames respectively, and two pedals installed on the two gait simulation mechanisms respectively, the two supporting frames both being crutch type supporting frames and the two pedals both being shoe cover type pedals,
wherein each of the two gait simulation mechanisms comprises:
a four-bar linkage comprising a crank, a first connecting rod, a rocking rod and a rack rod, a lower end of the first connecting rod being rotatably connected to one end of the crank via a hinge, the other end of the crank being rotatably connected to one end of the rack rod via a hinge, the other end of the rack rod being articulated with a lower end of the rocking rod, an upper end of the rocking rod being connected to a middle point of the first connecting rod via a hinge;
a curve amplification mechanism comprising a second connecting rod, a third connecting rod, a fourth connecting rod and a short connecting rod, a middle point of the second connecting rod being articulated with one end of the short connecting rod, the other end of the short connecting rod being articulated with a body of the third connecting rod, an upper end of the second connecting rod being articulated with a body of the fourth connecting rod, an upper end of the third connecting rod being articulated with a lower end of the fourth connecting rod, the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod being arranged parallel to each other, the short connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod being arranged parallel to each other; and
in which an upper end of the first connecting rod in the four-bar linkage is articulated with a lower end of the second connecting rod in the curve amplification mechanism, a lower end of the third connecting rod in the curve amplification mechanism of a respective gait simulation mechanism of the two gait simulation mechanisms is articulated with a respective pedal of the two pedals, the rack rod in the four-bar linkage is fixedly connected to a respective supporting frame of the two supporting frames, respectively, an upper end of the fourth connecting rod in the curve amplification mechanism is connected to an inner side of a respective crutch type supporting frame of the two crutch type supporting frames via a fixed hinge which is vertically aligned with an articulation point of the lower end of the rocking rod.