US US10369017B1

Position/weight-activated knee locking mechanism

Publication no.

US10369017B1
Priority date
2015-04-17
Filing date
2016-04-18
Published
2019-08-06
Granted
2019-08-06
Assignee
University Of South Florida
Inventor

Tyagi Ramakrishnan

Abstract

A passive knee locking mechanism using the position of the shank and the weight of the user to lock. The mechanism has translational motion, which allows the shank to move linearly along the sagittal/vertical plane, which locks and unlocks the knee, and rotational motion for the shank to swing …

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