US 12,138,215 B2
Reconfigurable motion assistance apparatus
Sungcheol Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Keumjong Bae, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaeseung Han, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,434.
Application 18/320,434 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/015337, filed on Oct. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0134780 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2021; application No. 10-2022-0092550 (KR), filed on Jul. 26, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0129738 (KR), filed on Oct. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285219 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61H 3/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 3/00 (2013.01) [A61H 1/0244 (2013.01); A61H 2003/007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1215 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1463 (2013.01); A61H 2201/163 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1642 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1676 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motion assistance apparatus comprising:
a waist member, comprising a support, configured to be worn by a user proximate a waist of the user;
a thigh belt configured to be worn around a thigh part of the user;
an actuator configured to generate power;
a main frame comprising an upper frame connected to the actuator and a lower frame connected to the upper frame and connected to the actuator and to the thigh belt, wherein operation of the actuator causes movement of the main frame to cause movement of the thigh belt relative to the waist member;
an upper cover for covering at least part of the upper frame and configured to be detachable from the upper frame; and
a lower cover for covering at least part of the lower frame and configured to be detachable from the lower frame, wherein:
the upper frame comprises an upper frame body and a plurality of hook holes formed through the upper frame body, and
the upper cover comprises an upper cover body covering the upper frame body and a plurality of hooks formed to protrude from the upper cover body and insertable into the plurality of hook holes.