Abstract
A self contained electronically controlled brace system has been designed to provide complete stability in stance phase, yet permitting unhampered knee movements in swing phase. A wrap spring clutch was selected to control knee flexion consisting of a pair of unmatched diameter clutch arbors, a close-wound helical spring, and a control collar. Optimization results showed that the arbor length reached minimum at a radial interference of 0.127 mm. Motion data indicated that the activated, or free, brace allowed nearly normal knee flexion during swing while providing flexion restraint during stance.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 127-128 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 1995 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1995 ASME International Mechanical Congress and Exposition - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: Nov 12 1995 → Nov 17 1995 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1995 ASME International Mechanical Congress and Exposition |
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| City | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Period | 11/12/95 → 11/17/95 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering