ZELIK, Karl,YANDELL, Matthew,HOWSER, Dustin,LAMERS, Erik
申请号:
EP18741272
公开号:
EP3571018A4
申请日:
2018.01.19
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要:
Wearable assistance devices and methods of operating the same are provided. A wearable assistance device includes an upper-body interface with a front side and a rear side and a lower-body interface with a front side and a rear side. The assistance device also includes one or more elastic members, each of the elastic members mechanically coupling the upper-body interface to the lower-body interface and extending from the rear side of the upper-body interface to the rear side of the lower-body interface and along a back of the user so as to provide an assistive force parallel to the back of the user. Further, the assistance device also includes a clutch mechanism associated with each one of the elastic members, the clutch mechanism configured for selectively adjusting the assistive force provided by the one of the elastic members.