ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,295, issued on July 1, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Standing-up assist device" was invented by Tomoyuki Nemoto (Wako, Japan), Tomohiro Tsukamoto (Wako, Japan) and Takeshi Koshiishi (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A standing-up assist device including: a base portion; a shaft portion, having one end connected to the base portion, capable of moving at least up and down; a support portion provided at another end of the shaft portion; a control unit for controlling movement of the shaft portion; and a user information input unit to which information of a user is input, wherein, when a speed at which the suppo...