ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,867, issued on July 1, was assigned to IUVO S.R.L. (Pontedera, Italy).
"Actuation system in an exoskeleton" was invented by Matteo Moise (Pontedera, Italy), Marco Muscolo (Pontedera, Italy), Francesco Giovacchini (Pontedera, Italy) and Nicola Vitiello (Pontedera, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exoskeleton includes a frame; and an actuation system. The actuation system includes a transmission device; a passive joint mechanism connecting the frame to the transmission device, the passive joint mechanism having a four-bar linkage; and a drive system couples the passive joint mechanism to the transmission device, and is arranged t...