U.S. Bionics, Inc.;The Regents of the University of California
发明人:
Logan Van Engelhoven,Homayoon Kazerooni,James Ren,Wayne Yi-Wei Tung
申请号：
US16656941
公开号：
US20200121543A1
申请日:
2019.10.18
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
A neck supporting exoskeleton is configured to be worn by a person to support the person's head during backward extension motions of the person's neck. The neck supporting exoskeleton may comprise a torso frame configured to be coupled to the person's torso, a head pillow configured to contact the rear portion of the person's head during backward extension motions of the person's neck, a linkage allowing for relative motion between the head pillow and the torso frame in the sagittal plane of the person, and an actuator configured to impose a supporting force onto the head pillow. When the person's neck extension angle increases beyond an engagement angle, the actuator causes the linkage to impose a supporting force onto the head pillow resisting the backward extension motion of the head pillow and the person's head relative to the torso frame thereby providing a support for the person's head.
