摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking assistance device including a femoral support assembly capable of transmitting the walking assistance force generated by the power generator to the femoral part of a user in a reliable manner and minimizing the discomfort and stress to the user. <P>SOLUTION: The femoral support assembly includes a femoral belt 73, 74 for retaining a front femoral support plate 68, 70 to the femoral part of the user. Each femoral belt includes a main belt portion 83, 85 having one end onnected to one of the femoral support plate 68, 70 and the other end releasably connected to the femoral support member 68, 70, and an auxiliary belt portion 84, 86 bifurcated from a longitudinal intermediate part of the main belt portion 83, 85 and having a free end connected to an intermediate part of the swing arm 60, 62. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |