HOOP ACTUATOR AND MOTION ASSISTIVE DEVICE

Abstract: a wearable motion assistive device such as an electromechanical exoskeleton includes an actuator that circumscribes a natural or artificial portion of the body of a user when the user wears the device. the actuator includes an interior stator, an exterior rotor, and a bearing assembly, each of which may be segmented to permit the actuator to be installed around or be removed from around the portion of the user's where the device is worn. the bearing assembly includes a plurality of small roller bearings mounted on a carrier affixed to the stator and is segmented along the carrier between roller bearings.

Inventor(s): Elliott Rouse, Riley Pieper, Nikko Van Crey, Gray Thomas, Roberto Leo Medrano

CPC Classification: B25J9/0006 ({Exoskeletons, i.e. resembling a human figure})

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