Perfect static balance with normal springs

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 571-578

  Te Riele, Freek L S ^a   Herder, Just L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle prosthesis; Gravity equilibrator; Rehabilitation technology; Rolling link mechanisms; Static balance

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); STIFFNESS; BALANCING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

ANKLE PROSTHESIS; GRAVITY EQUILIBRATOR; REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY; ROLLING LINK MECHANISMS; STATIC BALANCE; DIMENSIONAL DESIGN; ORTHOSES; PARALYZED LIMBS; ZERO-FREE;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 1542750999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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