Swinging leg pendulum movement aid for walking, and assistance force control method

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PATENT NO 10028881
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14182973

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A swinging leg pendulum movement aid for walking including a pair of assisting units for a left leg and a right leg each having a drive source for applying a pulling force to an auxiliary force transmission part, a joint angle sensor for detecting a joint angle of user's hip joints, and a control member for driving the drive sources of the respective assisting units corresponding to changes in the joint angle and applying an assistance force in a forward swinging direction to the swinging leg that kicked off a ground so as to aid a pendulum movement of the swinging leg.

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SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITEDAICHI

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Hashimoto, Kazunobu Nagoya, JP 32 534
Komatsu, Takahiro Nagoya, JP 94 1581
Sato, Masanori Fukuoka, JP 245 1981
Takasugi, Shin-ichiro Fukuoka, JP 6 105
Yamamoto, Motoji Itoshima, JP 4 86

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