Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Human interface device for exoskeleton apparatus
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Application No.: US17100897Application Date: 2020-11-22
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Publication No.: US11071673B2Publication Date: 2021-07-27
- Inventor: Logan Van Engelhoven , Homayoon Kazerooni , James Hatch , Valantyn Joseph Sean Koziak , Minerva Pillai , John Jow Kuwata
- Applicant: U.S. Bionics Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Emeryville
- Assignee: U.S. Bionics Inc.
- Current Assignee: U.S. Bionics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Emeryville
- Agency: Bekiares Eliezer LLP
- Main IPC: A61F5/02
- IPC: A61F5/02 ; B25J9/00 ; A61B5/11 ; A61F5/01 ; A61H1/02 ; G21F3/03 ; F41H1/02 ; F41H5/08

Abstract:
A human interface device is configured to be coupled to a trunk of a person and comprises a frame, a fabric coupled to said frame configurable to be under tensile forces, and a belt configured to be coupled to two side edges of said frame wherein when said belt is worn by said person, an area of said fabric will be pushed against the person's lower back conforming to the shape of the lower back of said person. In operation when said human interface device is worn by said person, the weight of any load coupled to or supported by said frame will be partially supported by the friction force between the area of said fabric which is pushed against the person's lower back, and the person's lower back allowing said person to carry said load.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210077336A1 HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE FOR EXOSKELETON APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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