Patents Assigned to Eccentron, LLC
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPEED CONTROLLED ECCENTRIC EXERCISE TRAINING
    Publication number: 20060199700
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing speed controlled eccentric exercise which include an exercise apparatus having an engagement member for engaging a user's body where the engagement member is moveable in opposite directions, means for enabling the engagement member to exert a force in a first direction at a predetermined speed, means for detecting change in the predetermined speed or pressure of the force after a user applies a force to the engagement means in a direction opposite the first force, and means for adjusting the apparatus supplied force and user supplied forces to equal one another or to maintain the predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicants: ECCENTRON, LLC, ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
    Inventors: Paul LaStayo, Stan Lindstedt, Hans Hoppeler, Henry Madden, Daniel Estoque, William Stephens, Gregory Volan
  • Method and apparatus for speed controlled eccentric exercise training
    Patent number: 7083547
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing speed controlled eccentric exercise which include an exercise apparatus having an engagement member for engaging a user's body where the engagement member is moveable in opposite directions, means for enabling the engagement member to exert a force in a first direction at a predetermined speed, means for detecting change in the predetermined speed or pressure of the force after a user applies a force to the engagement means in a direction opposite the first force, and means for adjusting the apparatus supplied force and user supplied forces to equal one another or to maintain the predetermined speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regents, Eccentron, LLC
    Inventors: Paul LaStayo, Stan Lindstedt, Hans Hoppeler, Henry Madden, Daniel A. Estoque, William B. Stephens, Gregory D. Volan