Patents by Inventor Hiroki Tanibayashi

Hiroki Tanibayashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Movement assistance device
    Patent number: 10166679
    Abstract: A movement assistance device includes: a back plate that is fitted onto the back of a wearer; a back frame that has an elongated shape and is supported by a rotating shaft fixed to the back plate so as to be rotatable in a plane parallel to the back plate; a side frame that is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft fixed to the back frame and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the back frame and extends from the back frame toward the vicinity of the side waist of the wearer; a thigh holding portion that is fitted onto the anterior thigh of the wearer; and a drive portion that is connected to each of the side frame and the thigh holding portion and generates force that increases the angle between the side frame and the thigh holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Tanibayashi, Makoto Konishi, Hiromichi Fujimoto, Takuo Wariishi
  • MOVEMENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170232617
    Abstract: A movement assistance device includes: a back plate that is fitted onto the back of a wearer; a back frame that has an elongated shape and is supported by a rotating shaft fixed to the back plate so as to be rotatable in a plane parallel to the back plate; a side frame that is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft fixed to the back frame and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the back frame and extends from the back frame toward the vicinity of the side waist of the wearer; a thigh holding portion that is fitted onto the anterior thigh of the wearer; and a drive portion that is connected to each of the side frame and the thigh holding portion and generates force that increases the angle between the side frame and the thigh holding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroki TANIBAYASHI, Makoto KONISHI, Hiromichi FUJIMOTO, Takuo WARIISHI
  • Power assist suit
    Patent number: D781430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Konishi, Takuo Wariishi, Hiroki Tanibayashi, Hiroshi Kanchiku, Hiromichi Fujimoto