Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and provides a wrist joint assembly for an upper limb exoskeleton.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: the wrist joint assembly for the upper limb exoskeleton comprises a first rotating mechanism and a second rotating mechanism;
the first rotating mechanism comprises a first motor, a first rotating plate in driving connection with an output shaft of the first motor and a first connecting plate fixedly connected with the other end of the first rotating plate;
the second rotating mechanism comprises a second motor fixedly connected to the first connecting plate, a second rotating plate in driving connection with an output shaft of the second motor, and a handle arranged on the second rotating plate;
the first motor is used for driving the first connecting plate to rotate around an X axis, the second motor is used for driving the second connecting plate to rotate around a Z axis, so that when a user holds the handle by a palm, passive training of ulnar bending/radial bending movement of the wrist joint can be achieved through the first rotating mechanism, and passive training of dorsiflexion/palmar bending movement of the wrist joint can be achieved through the second rotating mechanism.
Preferably, the first rotating plate includes a rectangular portion in the middle and two semicircular portions at both ends of the rectangular portion;
a first limit stop block and a second limit stop block are fixedly connected to the first motor at intervals;
the first limit stop block blocks the first side of the rectangular part, so that the limit position of the first rotating plate rotating around the X axis towards the first direction can be limited;
the second limit stopper can limit a limit position at which the first rotating plate rotates around the X axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction by blocking the second side of the rectangular portion.
Preferably, the second rotating plate is circular, and a blocking part is formed on the outer periphery of the second rotating plate in an outward protruding mode;
a third limit stop and a fourth limit stop are fixedly connected to the second motor at intervals, and the third limit stop and the fourth limit stop are positioned on two sides of the blocking part;
the third limit stop block can limit the limit position of the second rotating plate rotating around the Z axis towards the third direction by blocking the first side of the blocking part;
the fourth limit stop can limit the limit position of the second rotating plate rotating around the Z axis towards a fourth direction opposite to the third direction by blocking the second side of the blocking part.
Preferably, the first limit stop, the second limit stop, the third limit stop and the fourth limit stop have the same structure and respectively comprise a stop body, an arc-shaped contact groove formed in the inner side surface of the stop body and a fixing hole formed in the first end of the stop body; a fixing piece used for fixedly connecting the stop block body on the outer wall of the first motor or the second motor is arranged in the fixing hole;
the arc-shaped contact groove is used for being in contact with the cylindrical outer wall of the first motor or the second motor, and the second end of the check block body is used for blocking the rectangular part or the blocking part.
Preferably, the fixing hole is a unthreaded hole, the outer walls of the first motor and the second motor are provided with threaded holes corresponding to the positions of the fixing holes, and the fixing piece is a screw capable of passing through the unthreaded hole and being connected in the threaded holes in a threaded manner.
Preferably, a first deformation groove is formed in the middle of the second end of the stopper body, and the width of the first deformation groove gradually decreases from the second end of the stopper body to the first end of the stopper body;
the first deformation groove does not penetrate through the stop block body along the length direction, and penetrates through the stop block body along the thickness direction;
the length direction of the stop block body is towards the first end of the stop block body along the second end of the stop block body, and the opening direction of the fixing hole is the thickness direction of the stop block body.
Preferably, a buffer spring is connected between the two inner walls of the first deformation groove, and a limit column is fixedly connected to one of the inner walls of the first deformation groove.
Preferably, the two side faces of the second end of the block body, which are used for contacting the rectangular part or the blocking part, are respectively provided with an arc-shaped blocking groove.
Preferably, the middle part of the arc-shaped contact groove is provided with a second deformation groove facing the inside of the stopper body.
Preferably, a second connecting plate is fixedly connected to the second rotating plate, the handle is rotatably connected to the second connecting plate, and a central axis of the handle is parallel to the Z axis.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the wrist joint assembly for the upper limb exoskeleton can complete the movement of ulnar bending/radial bending and dorsiflexion/palmar bending of the wrist joint, the training of the wrist joint on the two degrees of freedom is realized, and meanwhile, the safety of the assembly in the using process is ensured by the limiting device; the limiting device is also provided with a buffer mechanism, so that the collision impact force can be buffered, the damage or discomfort caused by the impact on the wrist can be reduced, and the use comfort can be improved; the invention has simple structure, can be used by patients with arms of different thicknesses, and has strong adaptability.
Detailed Description
The present invention is further described in detail below with reference to examples so that those skilled in the art can practice the invention with reference to the description.
It will be understood that terms such as "having," "including," and "comprising," as used herein, do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements or groups thereof.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the wrist joint assembly for upper limb exoskeleton of the present embodiment includes a first rotation mechanism 1 and a second rotation mechanism 2;
the first rotating mechanism 1 comprises afirst motor 10, a firstrotating plate 11 in driving connection with an output shaft of thefirst motor 10, and a first connectingplate 12 fixedly connected with the other end of the firstrotating plate 11;
the second rotating mechanism 2 comprises asecond motor 20 fixedly connected to the first connectingplate 12, a secondrotating plate 21 in driving connection with an output shaft of thesecond motor 20, and ahandle 23 arranged on the secondrotating plate 21;
thefirst motor 10 is used for driving the first connectingplate 12 to rotate around the X axis, and thesecond motor 20 is used for driving the second connectingplate 22 to rotate around the Z axis, so that when a user holds thehandle 23 by a palm, passive training of ulnar bending/radial bending movement of the wrist joint can be realized through the first rotating mechanism 1, and passive training of dorsiflexion/palmar bending movement of the wrist joint can be realized through the second rotating mechanism 2.
The secondrotating plate 21 is fixedly connected with a second connectingplate 22, thehandle 23 is rotatably connected to the second connectingplate 22, and the central axis of thehandle 23 is parallel to the Z axis.
The wrist joint assembly for the upper limb exoskeleton can be used as an independent module, can also be applied to the upper limb exoskeleton and is used for assisting patients with upper limb wrist joint disorder or limited functions to perform passive rehabilitation training with two degrees of freedom of wrist joint ulnar flexion/radial flexion, dorsiflexion/palmar flexion.
In this embodiment, amounting plate 19 is further fixed to a side of thefirst motor 10, and themounting plate 19 is fixed to an external fixed end. When the wrist bending device is used, the palm of a patient holds thehandle 23, thefirst motor 10 works to drive the first rotatingplate 11 and the second rotating mechanism 2 on the first rotatingplate 11 to integrally rotate around the X axis, and therefore the wrist of the patient is driven to do ulnar bending/radial bending passive motion; thesecond motor 20 is operated to drive the second rotatingplate 21 to rotate around the Z-axis, so as to drive the wrist of the patient to perform passive motion of dorsiflexion/palmar flexion. Thereby realizing the passive rehabilitation training of the wrist joint of the patient in two degrees of freedom of ulnar flexion/radial flexion, dorsiflexion/palmar flexion.
Wherein, the firstrotating plate 11 comprises arectangular part 13 in the middle and twosemicircular parts 14 at two ends of therectangular part 13; afirst limit stop 17 and asecond limit stop 18 are fixedly connected to thefirst motor 10 at intervals; thefirst limit stopper 17 can limit the limit position of the firstrotating plate 11 rotating in the first direction around the X axis by blocking thefirst side 15 of therectangular portion 13;
thesecond limit stopper 18 can limit the limit position at which the firstrotating plate 11 rotates about the X axis in the second direction opposite to the first direction by blocking thesecond side 16 of therectangular portion 13.
Thefirst limit stop 17 provides a safety limit for the ulnar/radial flexion movement of the wrist joint, and thesecond limit stop 18 provides a safety limit for the dorsiflexion/palmar flexion movement of the wrist joint, so as to prevent the wrist joint from being damaged due to excessive rotation angle.
Wherein, the secondrotating plate 21 is circular, and the outer periphery thereof is protruded outwards to form a blockingpart 24; athird limit stop 27 and afourth limit stop 28 are fixedly connected to thesecond motor 20 at intervals, and thethird limit stop 27 and thefourth limit stop 28 are positioned at two sides of theblocking portion 24; thethird limit stopper 27 can limit the limit position of the second rotatingplate 21 rotating in the third direction around the Z axis by stopping the first side 25 of thestopper 24; thefourth limit stopper 28 can limit the limit position at which the secondrotating plate 21 rotates about the Z axis in the fourth direction opposite to the third direction by stopping thesecond side 26 of thestopper 24.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 6, thefirst limit stopper 17, thesecond limit stopper 18, thethird limit stopper 27 and thefourth limit stopper 28, which are used as limiting means, have the same structure and each include astopper body 30, an arc-shapedcontact groove 31 formed on the inner side surface of thestopper body 30, and a fixinghole 32 formed at thefirst end 300 of thestopper body 30; a fixing piece for fixedly connecting thestopper body 30 to the outer wall of thefirst motor 10 or thesecond motor 20 is arranged in the fixinghole 32;
the arc-shapedcontact groove 31 is used for contacting with the cylindrical outer wall of thefirst motor 10 or thesecond motor 20, and thesecond end 301 of thestopper body 30 is used for stopping therectangular part 13 or the stoppingpart 24. The fixing holes 32 are unthreaded holes, threaded holes corresponding to the positions of the fixing holes 32 are formed in the outer walls of thefirst motor 10 and thesecond motor 20, and the fixing pieces are screws capable of penetrating through the unthreaded holes and being connected in the threaded holes in a threaded mode.
Namely, thefirst end 300 of thechock body 30 is fixedly connected to the cylindrical outer wall of thefirst motor 10 or thesecond motor 20, and thechock body 30 can be attached to the cylindrical outer wall of the motors for connection by arranging the arc-shapedcontact groove 31; the screw is threaded into the threaded hole after passing through the fixinghole 32, so that thestopper body 30 is fixedly connected to the motor. Thesecond end 301 of thestopper body 30 is used to limit the 2 limit rotation positions of the firstrotating plate 11 and the secondrotating plate 21, and the detailed description will be given by taking the limit of the firstrotating plate 11 as an example. Referring to fig. 3-5, in fig. 3, the first rotating plate 11 is in a vertical state, when the first rotating plate rotates counterclockwise, a gap is formed between the arc-shaped contact groove 31 of the stopper body 30 and the semicircular portion 14 of the first rotating plate 11, the stopper body 30 has no blocking effect on the semicircular portion 14, and the semicircular portion 14 can rotate relative to the stopper body 30, and referring to fig. 4, when the connection position between the right end of the semicircular portion 14 and the rectangular portion 13 rotates to the stopper body 30 of the first limit stopper 17, the rectangular portion 13 is blocked by the stopper body 30 of the first limit stopper 17 and cannot rotate, so that the maximum counterclockwise rotation angle of the first rotating plate 11 is limited to α; similarly, when the first rotating plate 11 rotates clockwise, referring to fig. 5, when the connection position between the left end of the semicircular portion 14 and the rectangular portion 13 rotates to the stopper body 30 of the second limit stopper 18, the rectangular portion 13 is stopped by the stopper body 30 of the second limit stopper 18 and cannot rotate, so that the maximum angle of clockwise rotation of the first rotating plate 11 is limited to β.
In the case of the secondrotating plate 21, when the secondrotating plate 21 rotates in the forward and reverse directions to make the blockingportion 24 contact with thethird limit stop 27 and thefourth limit stop 28, respectively, the two limit rotation positions of the secondrotating plate 21 are defined, that is, the blockingportion 24 can only rotate between thethird limit stop 27 and thefourth limit stop 28.
In another embodiment, referring to FIGS. 7-8, thechock body 30 includes a cushioning mechanism that cushions the impact of a crash with therectangular portion 13 or thestop portion 24 during operation, i.e., reduces the risk of injury or discomfort from a rigid crash impacting the wrist when the mechanism is rotated to a certain limit, and also reduces damage to the structure caused by the rigid crash. Specifically, in this embodiment, the middle of thesecond end 301 of thechock body 30 is provided with afirst deformation groove 33, and the width of thefirst deformation groove 33 gradually decreases from thesecond end 301 of thechock body 30 to thefirst end 300 of thechock body 30;
thefirst deformation groove 33 does not penetrate thestopper body 30 in the longitudinal direction, and thefirst deformation groove 33 penetrates thestopper body 30 in the thickness direction;
the direction from thesecond end 301 of thestopper body 30 to thefirst end 300 of thestopper body 30 is the longitudinal direction of thestopper body 30, and the opening direction of the fixinghole 32 is the thickness direction of thestopper body 30.
Further, abuffer spring 34 is connected between two inner walls of thefirst deformation groove 33, and alimit column 35 is fixedly connected to one of the inner walls of thefirst deformation groove 33. Thefirst deforming groove 33 is further provided at both inner walls thereof with mountinggrooves 38, and thebuffer spring 34 is coupled in the mountinggrooves 38.
Arc-shaped stoppinggrooves 36 are formed in the two side faces, which are used for being in contact with therectangular portion 13 or the stoppingportion 24, of thesecond end 301 of thestopper body 30. The arc-shaped stoppinggroove 36 may be provided with a rubber layer on the surface thereof to provide buffer protection and reduce the collision between thestopper body 30 and the stopping mechanism.
The arc-shapedblocking groove 36 of thestopper body 30 is folded toward the middlefirst deformation groove 33 when being acted by external force, thebuffer spring 34 is compressed, and when the buffer spring is contracted to the limit position, the limitingcolumn 35 on one inner wall of thefirst deformation groove 33 is contacted with the other inner wall of thefirst deformation groove 33.
The operation principle of the damper mechanism in thestopper body 30 in the present embodiment will be described below by taking the contact between thestopper body 30 and thestopper portion 24 as an example. For example, when the secondrotating plate 21 rotates to a limit position, the arc-shaped stoppinggroove 36 on the right side of thesecond end 301 of thechock body 30 contacts with the stoppingportion 24, and since thefirst deformation groove 33 is formed in the middle of thesecond end 301 of thechock body 30, and the width of thefirst deformation groove 33 gradually decreases toward the inside of thechock body 30, thechock bodies 30 on both sides of thefirst deformation groove 33 have certain elasticity, and will bend toward the middle when being stressed; at this time, thestopper body 30 on the right side of thefirst deformation groove 33 is bent and folded towards the middle by the blocking force of the blockingportion 24 until the right side of the limitingcolumn 35 abuts against the inner wall on the right side of thefirst deformation groove 33, so that the impact force between the two is buffered through elastic deformation; further, the dampingspring 34 is now compressed, providing further damping. After the stopping force of the stoppingportion 24 disappears, thestopper body 30 on the right side of thefirst deformation groove 33 is reset to the right, at this time, thebuffer spring 34 also has a right elastic force effect on thestopper body 30 on the right side of thefirst deformation groove 33, so that the reset of thestopper body 30 can be assisted, thestopper body 30 is restored to elastic deformation, and thestopper body 30 can maintain a good impact buffering effect for a long time. In this embodiment, the limitingcolumns 35 are provided to control the bending deformation of thestopper body 30 at both sides of thefirst deformation groove 33 within a certain allowable range, and to ensure that the rotating plate does not exceed the safety limiting range within the allowable bending deformation range.
In a further embodiment, the middle of thearc contact groove 31 opens with asecond deformation groove 37 toward the inside of thestopper body 30. Thesecond deformation groove 37 is provided, so that thestopper body 30 at both ends of thesecond deformation groove 37 can be deformed and bent to a certain extent toward the middle or away from the middlesecond deformation groove 37, thereby enabling thearc contact groove 31 to adapt to cylindrical surfaces with different curvatures within a certain range. For example, when the curvature of the cylindrical outer wall surface of the installed motor is slightly increased, since thestopper bodies 30 at both ends of thesecond deformation groove 37 can be bent away from the middlesecond deformation groove 37, so that the curvature of thearc contact groove 31 is increased, and can still be attached to the cylindrical outer wall of the motor in a fitting manner.
While embodiments of the invention have been disclosed above, it is not limited to the applications listed in the description and the embodiments, which are fully applicable in all kinds of fields of application of the invention, and further modifications may readily be effected by those skilled in the art, so that the invention is not limited to the specific details without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and the scope of equivalents.