US 12,076,290 B2
Motion assistance apparatus
Minhyung Lee, Seoul (KR); Byungjune Choi, Gunpo-si (KR); Jeonghun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Se-Gon Roh, Suwon-si (KR); Youn Baek Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Jongwon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hyun Do Choi, Yongin-si (KR); Jung Yun Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR); and Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR); and Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,096.
Application 17/747,096 is a continuation of application No. 15/828,696, filed on Dec. 1, 2017, granted, now 11,357,689.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0106684 (KR), filed on Aug. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273514 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/0244 (2013.01) [A61H 1/00 (2013.01); A61H 1/0218 (2013.01); A61H 1/0281 (2013.01); A61H 3/00 (2013.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01); A61H 3/008 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0176 (2013.01); A61H 2201/018 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0192 (2013.01); A61H 2201/12 (2013.01); A61H 2201/14 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1616 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1628 (2013.01); A61H 2201/163 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1635 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1642 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1671 (2013.01); A61H 2201/50 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2205/108 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A motion assistance apparatus, comprising:
a force transmitting frame configured to be located on and configured to support a distal part of a user, the force transmitting frame including a front cover, a rear cover, and a sliding space between the front cover and the rear cover;
a slider connected to the force transmitting frame and configured to slide along the sliding space of the force transmitting frame;
a plurality of elastic members connecting the force transmitting frame and the slider; and
a driving frame, which is an integral body, that includes a proximal portion configured to surround a side of the user and a distal portion configured to extend from and bent with respect to the proximal portion and configured to surround a front of the user, the distal portion of the driving frame connected to the slider, and the driving frame configured to rotate with respect to a proximal part of the user,
wherein the force transmitting frame is configured to move relative to the distal portion of the driving frame, and
wherein the force transmitting frame and the distal portion of the driving frame overlap each other with respect to a direction in which the distal portion of the driving frame is for facing the user.