ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,308, issued on June 16, was assigned to Festool GmbH (Wendlingen, Germany).
"Exoskeleton device and method" was invented by Bernward Otten (Hamburg, Germany) and Robert Weidner (Bohlsen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exoskeleton device including an exoskeleton with a base section, a support section movably coupled to the base section for supporting a body part of the human body, and an actuator device acting on the support section for providing a support force for the body part. The exoskeleton device further includes a sensor device for detecting a risk variable which includes a movement of the support section and/or a f...