ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,264, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Knee movement support device" was invented by Tomoe Maekita (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee movement support device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is a knee movement support device that is worn on a leg of a user. The knee movement support device includes: a damper that provides resistance against a direction in which a knee joint of the leg bends; and an adjuster that is operated by a person to adjust the resistance from the damper."
The patent was filed on May 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/825,406.
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