ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,297, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Apptronik Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Enhanced transparency exoskeleton" was invented by Jonas Alexan Fox (Austin, Texas), Nicholas Arden Paine (Austin, Texas), Paul Gloninger Fleury (Austin, Texas) and Bradley Aaron Resh (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An increased transparency exoskeleton is provided that includes a hip joint assembly. The exoskeleton includes a hip joint assembly connecting a leg assembly to a torso portion. The hip joint assembly has a hip abduction/adduction to hip internal/external rotation to hip flexion/extension kinematic chain."
The patent was filed on Oct. ...