Patent ID: 9532877
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A61F,B25J,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of making a prosthetic joint device, comprising: providing a movable body portion including a first joint, a second joint, and a third joint; providing a base body portion including a first revolute joint, a second revolute joint, and a third revolute joint; disposing a first actuator between the first joint of the movable body portion and the first revolute joint of the base body portion; disposing a second actuator in parallel with the first actuator between the second joint of the movable body portion and the second revolute joint of the base body portion; coupling a passive linking member between the third joint of the movable body portion and the third revolute joint of the base body portion with the capability of producing a gait motion in the passive linking member by actuating the first actuator to position the movable body portion to rotate the passive linking member about the base body portion at the third revolute joint; and rotationally coupling the passive linking member to the movable body portion.