US 12,403,592 B1
Motion base for displacing an object above a support surface
Necip Berme, Worthington, OH (US); Sasan Ghassab, Worthington, OH (US); Toby L. Baumgartner, Canal Winchester, OH (US); Geoffrey Lee Brown, Columbus, OH (US); and Anthony Ethan Oddo, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Bertec Corporation, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Bertec Corporation, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/789,531.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/529,742, filed on Jul. 30, 2023.
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 26/00 (2006.01); G01M 1/12 (2006.01); G09B 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1623 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1036 (2013.01); A63B 26/003 (2013.01); G01M 1/122 (2013.01); G09B 9/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motion base for displacing an object above a support surface, the motion base comprising:
a base support structure having a motor coupled thereto;
a displaceable carriage configured to be coupled to the object, the displaceable carriage having a support surface configured to support both a first foot and a second foot of a person within the displaceable carriage; and
an actuation system, the actuation system including one or more actuators operatively coupling the displaceable carriage to the base support structure, the one or more actuators configured to displace the displaceable carriage, the first foot of the person, and the second foot of the person relative to the base support structure, and at least one of the one or more actuators including a rotation member rotated by the motor at a bottom end thereof;
wherein a top end of the at least one of the one or more actuators is mounted to the displaceable carriage such that the support surface of the displaceable carriage is suspended below the top end of the at least one of the one or more actuators of the actuation system.