ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,286, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SHANGHAI FOURIER INTELLIGENCE Co. LTD (Shanghai).
"Knee joint mechanism" was invented by Jun Wang (Huai'an, China), Xingguang Zhang (Wuhu, China), Danping Xiao (Nankang, China), Kai Dong (Luan, China) and Jie Gu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee joint mechanism includes a thigh support assembly, a connecting base, a shank support assembly and a locking mechanism. The thigh support assembly is fixed at a thigh of an exoskeleton robot, a first angle sensor is disposed on a hip, and power is provided from the hip. The connecting base is mounted with a second angle sensor. The locking...