WALKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE

摘要

A walking assistance device includes a waist wearing belt, a thigh link portion, a lower leg link portion, a lower leg wearing portion mounted on the lower leg link portion, a waist joint portion configured to hold an upper end portion of the thigh link portion so that the thigh link portion swings and the waist joint portion being mounted on the waist wearing belt, and a knee joint portion configured to connect the thigh link portion and the lower leg link portion so that the thigh link portion and the lower leg link portion swing. The thigh link portion and the lower leg link portion have rigidity that is greater in the front-rear direction and an up-down direction than in a right-left direction so as to be elastically twisted around an axis along an elongated direction.

主权项

1: A walking assistance device to be put on a leg of a user to assist walking of the user, the walking assistance device comprising:
a waist wearing belt including a pad member to be put on a waist side portion of the user, the waist wearing belt to be put around a waist of the user; a thigh link portion having an elongated shape and to be arranged on a side of a thigh of the user; a lower leg link portion having an elongated shape and to be arranged on a side of a lower leg of the user; a lower leg wearing portion to be put on a lower leg of the user and mounted on the lower leg link portion; a waist joint portion configured to hold an upper end portion of the thigh link portion so that the thigh link portion swings in a front-rear direction of the user, the waist joint portion being mounted on the pad member of the waist wearing belt; and a knee joint portion configured to hold a lower end portion of the thigh link portion and an upper end portion of the lower leg link portion and configured to connect the thigh link portion and the lower leg link portion so that the thigh link portion and the lower leg link portion swing, respectively, wherein the thigh link portion and the lower leg link portion have rigidity that is greater in the front-rear direction and an up-down direction than in a right-left direction so as to be elastically twisted around an axis along an elongated direction of the thigh link portion and the lower leg link portion.