Patent ID: 8221339
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A61H,B25J

Abstract:
1. A femoral support member for a walking assistance device configured to be worn on a femoral part of a wearer to transmit a femoral assisting force produced by a power actuator worn on a hip of the wearer to the femoral part of the wearer, comprising: a stiff frame made of an elongated rectangular plate member having a base end portion drivingly connected to an output of the power actuator and a free end portion extending from the base end portion along an outer side and front of the femoral part of the wearer following a curved contour thereof and terminating at a front part of the femoral part located above a knee cap of the wearer; and a flexible belt having a first end portion connected to the free end portion of the stiff frame and a second end portion connected to an intermediate part of the stiff frame between the base end portion and free end portion.