US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Nov. 25 for "Walking assistant device deformable based on thigh shape" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,538, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Walking assistant device deformable based on thigh shape" was invented by Byungjune Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngbo Shim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minhyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Younbaek Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongwon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Segon Roh (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A walking assistance device deformable based on a thigh shape includes a hip joint actuator, an upper thigh frame connected to the hip joint actuator and configured to receive power from the hip joint actuator and ...