Kazunori NOSAKA 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).
Abstract: An ergometer according to this invention comprises pedals rotated by an exerciser, a motor connected to the pedals, and a control device connected to the motor in order to control an operation of the motor, wherein a control mode of the control device for controlling the motor can be switched between a concentric contraction exercise mode, in which the motor is caused to function as a load while the pedals are rotated by the exerciser, and an eccentric contraction exercise mode, in which the motor rotates the pedals so that the exerciser is forced to resist the rotation of the pedals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 2017
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2022
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited
Inventors:
Yuichi Kimura, Isao Mizukura, Kazunori Nosaka
Abstract: An ergometer according to this invention comprises pedals rotated by an exerciser, a motor connected to the pedals, and a control device connected to the motor in order to control an operation of the motor, wherein a control mode of the control device for controlling the motor can be switched between a concentric contraction exercise mode, in which the motor is caused to function as a load while the pedals are rotated by the exerciser, and an eccentric contraction exercise mode, in which the motor rotates the pedals so that the exerciser is forced to resist the rotation of the pedals.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 26, 2017
Publication date:
May 6, 2021
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Company, Limited
Inventors:
Yuichi KIMURA, Isao MIZUKURA, Kazunori NOSAKA