1303 results about "Hand palms" patented technology

The present invention provides a design method and apparatus for a handle or grip providing a shape and structure that fills various regions of the hand except a region in an area over the underlying carpal tunnel. Such design method and apparatus provides for various supports and handles for use by a hand. In particular, the apparatus includes a generally boot-shaped body or portions thereof. The body or body portions include a radial section, an ulnar section and middle section. Furthermore the body has a distal (frontal) finger side, proximal (back) side, palmar side and a thumb side. The body also has radial and ulnar sides. These portions are shaped to engage the various corresponding regions of the inner surface of the hand. These sections and sides forming the body can be divided and used separately for individual applications of the present invention.

A portable electronic device (100) has a long sideways housing (10) whose both ends are held by the hands of a user and an LCD fitted in the surface of the housing (10). Bulges (42L, 42R) projecting outward are formed on both end portions of the rear face of the housing (10), which both end portions being held by fingers of the user holding the housing. When the fingers and palms of user's hands are placed along the bulges (42L, 42R) with the fingers and palms bent naturally, the device fits the hands and operability is less likely to be impaired even the user violently moves in game play with the device.

A robotic hand comprises a base having fingers and a palm. The fingers define a working volume. The hand is able to grasp objects between the fingers and the palm by varying a distance from the palm to the working volume. Varying this distance can be achieved by either moving the palm towards the working volume or by moving the working volume towards the palm. Robotic hands that move the palm comprise an actuator that extends the palm from the base towards the working volume. Robotic hands that move the working volume relative to the palm have the fingers mounted to a common finger support unit that is configured to translate relative to the base.

Disclosed are a robot, a robot hand, and a method of controlling the robot hand, in which the robot hand rapidly and correctly approaches an object to be gripped and safely grips the object regardless of the shape and material of the object. The method of controlling a robot hand, which has a palm, and a plurality of fingers, each having a plurality of segments, connected to the palm, includes causing the palm to approach an object using at least one first distance sensor installed on the palm; causing the plurality of fingers to approach the object using at least one second distance sensor installed on the plurality of fingers; and causing the palm and the plurality of fingers to come into contact the object to grip the object.

A system and method for automatically computing desirable palm grasp configurations of an object by a robotic hand is disclosed. A description of the object's surface is obtained. A grasp configuration of a robotic hand comprising a palm and one or more fingers is selected, which specifies a hand configuration and joint variables of the hand, and a plurality of contact points on the object's surface for the palm and fingers. The coefficient of friction at each of the contact points is determined, and a description of one or more external wrenches to which may apply to the object is acquired. The ability of the robotic hand to hold the object against the external wrenches in the selected configuration is then computed. In some embodiments, a plurality of grasp configurations may be compared to determine which are the most desirable. In other embodiments, the space of hand configurations, or the smaller space of palm contact configurations, may be searched to find the most desirable grasp configurations.

A robot hand has a plurality of fingers and is provided, at a location at which the robot hand touches an object, with a moving means for touching the object and moving the object. The moving means is provided to the palm side of the robot hand and / or the finger pad side of the robot hand.

The invention provides an under-actuated artificial limb hand which comprises a palm, a thumb and four fingers, wherein the fingers are composed of finger main bodies and driving mechanisms in the finger main bodies; the thumb is composed of a thumb main body and a driving mechanism in the thumb main body; a finger-web driving mechanism and a thumb driving mechanism are arranged in the palm; pulleys are taken as the main parts of the finger main bodies; tensioning ropes and releasing ropes are adopted by the driving mechanisms in the fingers and are alternately wound on the pulleys of the fingers; a single motor is adopted by the finger-web driving mechanism for driving two fingers and multiple degrees of freedom; a pulley is taken as the main part of the thumb main body; driving ropes are used as driving mediums by the driving mechanisms in the finger main bodies: a slot wheel component, a gear component and a crank block component are adopted for coordinately driving by the finger-web driving mechanism, so that the control of the single motor on the multiple degrees of freedom of the thumb is realized. According to the under-actuated artificial limb hand, the fingers, the thumb and the driving mechanisms thereof form an under-actuated mechanism for finishing the enveloping self-adaption capture for various articles, the structure is simple, the volume is small, the weight is light and the under-actuated artificial limb hand is attractive and practical.

An end effector module includes a palm base and robotic fingers extended from the palm base. Each robotic finger is composed of four joint shafts pivotally coupled with one another, and one of the four joint shafts, namely a start joint shaft, has a driving mechanism for driving a corresponding robotic finger to rotate, and each joint shaft has a driving mechanism to drive a next corresponding joint shaft to turn pivotally and bend with respect to other corresponding joint shafts, so that each robotic finger is module with four degrees of freedom for fine-tuning the position of a suction device installed at an end joint shaft, and the suction device can move along the normal direction of a suction point selected on the surface of a clamped object to achieve the effect of clamping and sucking an object securely without the risk of being loosened easily.

A robotic hand comprises a base having fingers and a palm. The fingers define a working volume. The hand is able to grasp objects between the fingers and the palm by varying a distance from the palm to the working volume. Varying this distance can be achieved by either moving the palm towards the working volume or by moving the working volume towards the palm. Robotic hands that move the palm comprise an actuator that extends the palm from the base towards the working volume. Robotic hands that move the working volume relative to the palm have the fingers mounted to a common finger support unit that is configured to translate relative to the base.

A glove for use by a soccer goalie includes several adjustment mechanisms, such as straps. The straps allow the glove to be adjusted for fit, such as by manipulating the width of the glove across the palm or the size of the wrist opening. Additionally, the glove includes a pull tab that allows the wearer to adjust the position of the fingers of the hand within the glove quickly so that the webs of the fingers remain in contact with the inside of the glove at the bases of the finger stalls.

A work glove particularly useful for gardening, automobile mechanical work and any other type of use which brings the palmar side of the hand in contact with work or the like which may result in stinging, bruising, or blistering of the fingers, thumb and palm of a human hand is provided with protective padding disclosed or positioned for overlying at least the distal halves of the index finger and long finger metacarpals excluding the metacarpalphalangeal joints of the index finger and the long finger. Preferably, the glove also includes protective padding disposed along a thumb stall of the glove at a location adapted to be along an ulnar border as well as the A2 pulleys of the thumb's proximal phalanx between the metacarpalphalangeal joint and the interphalangeal joint.

An anthropomorphic multi-finger hand device for robot is composed of palm, thumb, forefinger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger, root joint for thumb and the root joints for other fingers. The root joints are active ones driven by motors. Each finger has three joints, and the joints have 11 degrees of freedom in total. All the other joints are under-driven ones. Its advantages are highly integrated level, easy control, small size and light weight.

An improved sports glove covering the index finger, middle finger, thumb, a portion of the palm, and a portion of the wrist of a human hand is disclosed. The pinky finger and ring finger, and a portion of the palm and a portion of the dorsal side of the hand are left uncovered with the glove of the present invention, which allows for greater aeration throughout the glove during use and greater control when gripping a sporting implement such as a tennis racquet handle, a golf club handle, or the like.

An anthropometric multi-finger hand of robot is composed of palm, the first and the second knuckles of thumb and forefinger, and the first and the second joints of thumb and forefinger. The said palmand knuckles are hollow for installing joint and motor driver in them. Its advantages include fewer number of drivers, easy control small size, light weight and several actions.

The invention discloses an under-actuated prosthetic hand capable of reproducing a hand grasping function; the under-actuated prosthetic hand is provided with an interphalangeal drive mechanism and a thumb drive mechanism in a palm; finger bodies take pulleys as main parts, and transmission mechanisms arranged in fingers are sequentially and alternately wound on all the pulleys of the fingers by steel wire ropes; joints in the fingers are in flexible coupling by elastic components; the interphalangeal drive mechanism adopts two motors to drive four fingers and multiple degrees of freedom of the fingers in a synergetic way; a thumb body takes a pulley as a main part, the transmission mechanisms in the finger bodies take transmission ropes as transmission mediums, the interphalangeal drive mechanism adopts a gear component for transmission matching, and the four degrees of freedom of the thumb can be controlled by two motors. After the under-actuated prosthetic hand is adopted, self-adaptive grasping of various objects can be accurately completed, and the rich grasping operation function of a human hand can be reproduced; the under-actuated prosthetic hand has the characteristics of being compact in structure, smaller in size, lighter in weight, convenient to control, accurate in grasping action, and the like.

Belonging to the technical field of anthropomorphic robots, a variable holding power underactuated modularized anthropomorphic robot multi-finger hand device with belt wheels mainly comprises a thumb, a index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, a little finger and a palm; the structures of the middle finger, the ring finger, the little finger and the index finger are the same, and each finger applies a motor to drive three joints to rotate; the palm applies a motor to drive the root of the thumb to sway sidewise and rotate, and the thumb applies a motor to drive two joints to rotate. The device has five independently controlled fingers, fifteen joint freedom degrees, six driving joints and nine underactuated joints; each underactuated joint applies the same modularized structure, the motors and the transmission mechanisms are hidden into the hand, the structure is simple, the weight is light, control is easy, and the degree of integration is high; the appearance, size and motion of the whole device imitate a human hand, and the device, which is suitably used on an anthropomorphic robot, can automatically grasp objects with different shapes and sizes and can change the holding power to grasp objects.

The present invention pertains to a weighted sports glove that improves the strength, quickness and agility of a soccer goalie. More particularly, the present invention pertains to a soccer goalie glove where one or more weights can be selectively added to and / or removed from the glove during training, and the same glove can subsequently be worn during competition. The glove includes one or more pockets that can selectively receive different weights for use in different training sessions and / or by goalies that have different skill levels or relative strengths and / or are different sizes or ages. The glove also has a layer of material along its palm-side to help in gripping a soccer ball, as well as rigid members in finger portions to mitigate hyper-extending digits. The one or more weights are located within the glove for optimal biomechanical advantage. In particular, the weights are located on a back portion of the hand to facilitate resistive training to strengthen desired body parts (e.g., shoulders, forearms, wrists, upper arms). The location of the weights thus enhances responsiveness, dexterity and hand eye coordination, while improving stamina of the muscles controlling movement of the hand, particularly when the weighted glove is worn during practice and the goalie repeatedly goes through particular training movements.

A high-breathability hand glove for use over a bicycle handlebar by a cyclist, said glove including an exposed perforated palm area (12) and a few cushioning pads (16, 18) surrounding said palm area, said cushioning pads (16, 18) being closedly spaced from one another so as to define at least a few air channels being formed radially therebetween, said air channels for evacuating bodily moisture escaping from said perforated palm area, each one of said air channels (20, 22) destined to be narrower than the diameter of the bicycle handlebar so that the bicycle handlebar cannot close said air channels upon the hand globe hand engaging the biclycle handlebar.

The present invention discloses a wearable upper extremity rehabilitation training robot device, including shoulder joints, upper arms, elbow joints, forearms, wrist joints and palms. The robot device of the present invention has eight free degrees to simulate the free degrees of the joints of the human upper extremities and can provide more free degrees, so as to guarantee the main joints of the human upper extremities to get assisted training during the rehabilitation training; the present invention uses the wearable structure, the structure is simple, the weight is light, which can be worn on the patients with the good comfort, furthermore, the present invention can directly act on the affected limb, so the pertinence of the training is strong and the effect is good. The structural design of multi-free degree can meet a variety of control methods and assist the affected limb to carry out the rehabilitation training of the single joint movement and multi-joint compound movement, so as to achieve the purpose of assisting the patients to fulfill the necessary things in the daily lives.

A batting glove particularly for baseball and softball includes padding along the palmar side of at least the proximal ends of the metacarpals of the ring finger and the small finger. Padding is absent over the hook of the hamate and preferably the carpometacarpal joints of the ring finger and the small finger.

A massage device which substantially mirrors the hardness and deformation characteristics of the human thumb or palm and is particularly effective in relieving tender and painful muscle and connective tissue conditions, including but not limited to trigger points, foot ailments and leg and arm ailments such as carpel tunnel syndrome. The massage device typically includes an elongated, resilient massage body. A pair of spaced-apart wheels is provided on the massage body to facilitate rolling the device on a surface. The wheels of the massage device may be rolled in a back-and-forth motion on a flat surface as the afflicted area or areas on an arm, leg, foot or other part of a user's body is pressed against the resilient massage body to substantially alleviate pain and discomfort associated with muscle or connective tissue conditions.

A vibration reducing golf glove, which includes a front panel for covering the inner portion of a wearer's hand and fingers, a thumb section for covering the wearer's thumb which is coupled to the front panel, and a back panel for covering the outer portion of a wearer's hand and fingers. Vibration reducing thick leather is coupled independently to the front panel at the palm, thumb and finger areas for reducing the degree of vibration. As a result, the vibration reducing golf glove provides a reduction in the vibration and shock transmitted to the wearer's and at the time a shock or vibration is applied to the outer surface of the glove.

The invention discloses a humanoid flexible mechanism arm device which comprises five fingers which are driven by six motors. Modular structures with same structures are adopted on four fingers (an index finger, a middle finger, a third finger and a little finger). Special effects of finger coupling transmission are achieved by a manner that the one motor, a reduction gearbox, a transmission mechanism and a flexible body are comprehensively utilized on the modular fingers. A thumb is driven by two motors, a pair of duplex bevel gears and a cross-shaped shaft are applied on a base joint transmission system to achieve buckling and side-sway movements, and good transmission effects and arrangement of the thumb and a palm are achieved. Each finger is provided with three joints which include a base joint, a middle joint and a far joint, the speed ratio is close to 1: 1: 1, and the mechanical arm is enabled to be close to a movement pattern of a hand. The humanoid flexible mechanical arm device has the advantages of being large in fingertip output force and rigidity, compact in structural arrangement, high in humanization degree, stable in grab and the like.

An aesthetic and highly functional massage tool is disclosed which comprises a generally triangular frame adapted to be held in the palm of one hand. It has three leg members, each leg member extending generally from a bottom side corner portion of the frame a height generally exceeding the thickness of a finger. Each leg having a generally rounded bottom portion. The legs and triangular frame are monolithically molded from plastic. The frame has a generally triangular opening so that one may extend their fingers therethrough and around a side portion of the frame. This triangular design enables one to securely and comfortably hold the massage tool in multiple positions while during use. This is important because use in any one position tires particular muscles of the massageur. It also facilitates massaging different body portions in differing manners. The triangular void facilitates wrapping one's fingers around the massage tool. It enables one to slide the tool along while pushing downwardly on it. One's hand effortlessly falls within the triangular void and over the exterior of the triangular frame sufficiently to prevent the tool from slipping out from beneath one's hand. The triangular void also allows one to massage holding the tool in an upright position. In the most preferred embodiment the generally triangular frame has the shape of a heart and the plastic is marbled in more than one color.

A flexible waterproof scrubbing glove having a plurality of cavities for the thumb and fingers joined together to fit a person's hand. A layer of scrubbing bristles built into the entire palm surface and finger surface of the glove including the tips of the finger and thumb stalls, along the sides of the finger and thumb stalls, as well as along the side of the palm portion of the glove. The invention facilitating the cleaning of bath tubs and sinks with their awkward and hard to reach places as well as other surfaces and other cleaning actions.

A multi-fingered robot hand having a minimum required number of joints in finger mechanisms and capable of stably grasping a variety of articles. The multi-fingered robot hand includes: a first palm portion (8) provided with three finger mechanisms (2, 3, 4) each connected by a root joint (12); a second palm portion (9) provided with one finger mechanism (1) connected by a root joint (13); and a palm joint (10) connecting the first palm portion (8) and the second palm portion (9). The palm joint (10) permits a variation in the connection angle of the second palm portion (9) to the first palm portion (8). The palm joint (10), bending joints (5), bending joints (6) of the root joints (12) and the root joint (13) have rotation axes parallel to each other, and the finger mechanisms (1, 2, 3, 4) bend while turning around the rotation axes.

The present invention relates to a glove with a seamless palm portion used when gripping a sporting implement. The glove is used when additional pressure points caused by seams between the user's hand and a sporting implement is a common problem. A method and apparatus for reducing the seams in a glove palm portion while also reducing glove bunching is provided according to various embodiments. The seamless glove palm portion is located substantially over boney pillars of the palmar-side of the hand in order to direct even pressure and / or force caused by the handlebar while cycling or gripping to one or more boney pillars of the hand, rather than creating additional pressure points on the hands.