US Patent Issued to NEC on May 13 for "Load reduction device, control device, load reduction method, and storage medium for storing program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,902, issued on May 13, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Load reduction device, control device, load reduction method, and storage medium for storing program" was invented by Tadashi Ookoba (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This load reduction device is provided with: a shock absorption mechanism configured to absorb impact force generated when a user moves; a drive mechanism configured to output torque for reducing a load applied to the user at a joint of a leg of the user; and a torque control unit configured to control the torque output by the drive mechanism on the basis of operation of the shock absorption mechanism."

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