ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,012, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to EXOIQ GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Exoskeleton having a pneumatic actuator" was invented by Robert Weidner (Gerdau, Germany) and Bernward Otten (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exoskeleton is disclosed having a first exoskeleton element, a second exoskeleton element and a pneumatic actuator which is mechanically connected to the first exoskeleton element and the second exoskeleton element. The exoskeleton further comprises a control unit which is arranged to switch, when the first pneumatic actuator is controlled, between a first active support mode and a first passive support m...