823 results about "Treadmill running" patented technology

System and method for interactive video game fitness equipment. Fitness hardware (e.g., an exercise bicycle, a stair machine, treadmill, elliptical trainer, rotary climbing wall, or other fitness equipment) interacts with a video game, optionally via various devices, e.g., a PC, gaming console, or other hardware and / or software device or system capable of implementing an interactive application), for an immersive hybrid exercise / game user experience.

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a user detection system for exercise equipment, such as a treadmill. In an embodiment, a sensor monitors displacement between a deck supporting a moveable treadmill belt and aspects of a treadmill frame. As users interact with the treadmill, a processor uses a sensor signal indicative of the displacement to determine whether a user has mounted the treadmill belt.

A method for restoring functional ambulation in subjects with incomplete spinal cord injuries which includes partial weight bearing therapy followed by epidural spinal cord stimulation (ESCS) to facilitate partial weight bearing therapy and over-ground walking. Electrical epidural stimulation (EES) is generated by an implanted device during partial weight bearing therapy on a treadmill. The subject is then transitioned to full weight bearing gait training on a treadmill with EES to over-ground gait training with EES and a walker, and finally to full weight bearing independent stepping over-ground with EES with or without an assistive device.

This invention relates to a whole body vibrator platform which is attachable to a treadmill. The treadmill belt provides the power to move the platform, translating the horizontal, linear, belt movement into vertical oscillations through one or more eccentrically mounted rollers which support the platform. A person standing on the vibrator platform experiences a vertical vibration at frequencies established by the linear velocity of the treadmill belt.

An unweighted therapy, exercise and training device includes a device frame including a device frame base having a treadmill space sized and configured to accommodate a treadmill platform of a treadmill, an upper frame portion carried by the device frame base and having a frame interior and a pelvic suspension saddle and brace assembly having a saddle carried by the device frame and disposed in the frame interior.

A force measurement system includes a force measurement assembly with a top surface configured to receive at least one portion of the body of a subject and at least one force transducer configured to sense forces and / or moments being applied to the top surface; at least one visual display device having an output screen configured to at least partially circumscribe three sides of a torso of the subject, and one or more data processing devices operatively coupled to the force measurement assembly and the at least one visual display device. In one or more embodiments, the force measurement assembly may be in the form of an instrumented treadmill. In one or more further embodiments, the force measurement system may additionally comprise a motion capture system configured to detect the motion of one or more body gestures of the subject.

The present invention relates to a shock absorption structure for a treadmill having two handle frames, a support base, a frame portion and an adjustable supporting foot. A connecting arm has one end pivotably connected to the lower portion of each of both handle frames and the other end pivotably connected to the frame portion. A flexible shock absorption unit is pivotably interposed between an extension member of each handle frame and each connecting arm. Therefore, when the force is applied to the frame portion, both flexible shock absorption units provide proper cushioning effect. Moreover, the flexible shock absorption unit is constructed in such a way that the cushioning force can be freely adjustable so as to enhance the using comfort.

The invention discloses a novel lower extremity exoskeleton rehabilitation training device and a training method; in accordance with problems on efficiently and safely recovering the walking capacity of lower extremities of a patient, enhancing the adaptability of the training device and other problems in a human lower extremity rehabilitation training process, the rehabilitation training device disclosed by the invention can achieve all-directional rehabilitation training with five freedom degrees of motion on the human lower extremities. The rehabilitation device is added with angle, displacement and pressure sensors, and by detecting related motion parameters of the patient, self-adaptive adjustment is achieved; and since lower extremity exoskeleton, width regulating and height regulating mechanisms and an anti-gravity treadmill are subjected to modular design, training intensity and amplitude can be regulated in accordance with the figure of the rehabilitation patient as well as a rehabilitation progress, so that adaptability is enhanced. By integrating the designed lower extremity exoskeleton on the anti-gravity treadmill, the comfort of the patient in the rehabilitation training is enhanced, and meanwhile, the effect of the rehabilitation training is improved as well.

A treadmill includes a base and two posts are connected to the two side rails. A frame with an endless belt is pivotably connected between the two posts. Each post has an elongate hole and two sets of pivot assemblies respectively extend through the two elongate holes. Each pivot assembly has a pin and a roller which is mounted to the pin which is fixed to the frame. The roller is movably retained in the elongate hole corresponding thereto. A support device has an end fixed to the base and the other end of the support device is pivotably connected to an underside of the frame. The frame is pivoted upward about the pins and the rollers assist the pivotal movement of the frame. The pins are moved within the elongate holes to adjust the inclination of the frame relative to the base.

A combination single unit hydrotherapy and exercise device for allowing multiple exercises including both swimming and running in place, massage, and therapy, having a single seamless enclosure with stairs, and sufficiently long and deep for an adult to swim and stand in, a cavity with treadmill at the bottom with safety walk off ledge, external motor means connected to the treadmill shaft inside the enclosure, swim jets in the front to provide resistance to allow swimming in place, control and safety buttons at the top, treadmill impact absorption means, treadmill adjustment means from above the treadmill, and cavity next to the treadmill cavity for accessing the shaft.

A column-element array type omnidirectional treadmill comprises walking decks and an array type omnidirectional driving component and can be applied to providing an unlimited free walking space for a user in a virtual realistic field. A column-element array structure is adopted for the omnidirectional driving component which is small in turning inertia, unlimited in radius of turning circles and capable of accurately and quickly following movement of the user and simulating various complex terrains. In a transmission process, external input power is converted into horizontal driving force by work transmission systems of column elements, so that working power is provided; turning movement of a working part is controlled by turning transmission systems of the column elements, so that the working part is enabled to match with the user in a forwarding direction. The working power and the turning power of the column elements is provided externally. Via mutual splicing of the walking decks which are different in height and inclining angles, walking movement in various complex terrains and movements in going up and down stairs can be simulated. By means of combining arrays by a plurality of column elements in different height, various complex three-dimensional structures on the ground can be simulated.

A force measurement system includes a force measurement assembly with a top surface configured to receive at least one portion of the body of a subject and at least one force transducer configured to sense forces and / or moments being applied to the top surface; at least one visual display device configured to display one or more visual elements so that the visual elements are viewable by the subject, and one or more data processing devices operatively coupled to the force measurement assembly and the at least one visual display device. In one or more embodiments, the force measurement assembly may be in the form of an instrumented treadmill. In one or more further embodiments, the force measurement system may additionally comprise a motion capture system configured to detect the motion of one or more body gestures of the subject.

The present invention discloses a take-off and landing system for carrier aircraft, which comprises a takeoff device and a landing device; said takeoff device is a bow side launch deck which is located at the front part of the aircraft carrier and extends from a track groove provided with a track guider; said landing device is a stern side rear bridge which is located at the rear part of the aircraft carrier and extends from a treadmill belt-type runway. The invention also discloses a take-off and landing method corresponding to the take-off and landing system. The take-off and landing system and the method thereof enhances advantages and avoids weaknesses with regard to the existing take-off technologies, reduces the difficulty and risk in the existing landing technology. The present invention is suitable for the take-off and landing of all kinds of carrier aircrafts and also makes a design to build a “pocket-sized aircraft carrier” become possible.

An exercise treadmill includes a tread belt wrapped around front and rear rolls, a motor, a frame, a control panel, a sensor electrically connected to the motor for sensing a rotation of its driving shaft and generating a sense signal if sensing the rotation, and a controller electrically interconnected the sensor and the control panel for receiving the sense signal and generating and sensing a control signal to the motor. The motor may either stop the rotation of the driving shaft for maintaining the tread mill motionless in response to the user's foot impact thereon less than or equal to a predetermined reverse force or oppose a movement of the tread belt in response to the impact larger than the reverse force. Moreover, the tread belt either maintains at its current position or returns to its original position in response to stopping exercise.

A conveyor belt for a treadmill has a contoured structure on its upper surface which causes a runner to experience bumps and depressions when running. The contoured features may be provided by plates attached to the conveyor belt, and / or by inserts placed onto the belt or within chambers defined in the belt. The contoured features may vary in hardness.

A cushioning mechanism for a treadmill having a pair of ⊃-shaped rigid connection elements and a pair of pivotal rigid cushioning elements that are interposed between the bottom surface of both sides of the platform frame and the base bars. The pivotal rigid cushioning element includes a guidewheel at one end thereof. In this way, the guidewheel is movable on the surface of the base bar when the platform frame is moved up and down by the external forces applied to it. Accordingly, the cushioning and restoring effects can be achieved. Moreover, an auxiliary supporting element is pivotally interposed between both sides of the platform frame and the handle frame assembly, respectively. As a result, a complete cushioning and restoring effect can be ensured.

A buffer structure of a treadmill includes a load board, two side rods and two tooth racks. The two side rods includes a pair of hand wheels and a pair of gear wheels which are respectively located central sections of the two side rods and connected by a link rod, and a pair of fixing rods disposed under the link rod. The two tooth racks includes toothed portions at upper ends thereof to mesh with the gear wheels, fixing posts at inner sides thereof for insertion of the hollow cylinders, fixing bolts screwed to the fixing posts, and two slots at two sides of the fixing bolts. The two slide bolts are inserted through two through holes of the two side rods and the two slots and connected with nuts and washers. A gap is formed between the tooth racks and the side rods for slide.

A treadmill system includes a deck, an endless tread belt covering at least a portion of the deck, and a motion transducer positioned to detect movement of the tread belt. The treadmill system also includes a processor and memory where the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to receive an output of the motion transducer, determine an exercise type performed on the tread belt, and calculate an amount of work performed by a user on the tread belt based on the output of the motion transducer and the determined type of exercise.

A system and method for cardiovascular exercise stress magnetic resonance using a MRI-compatible treadmill and real-time imaging. The treadmill comprises non-ferromagnetic components so that it may be used in proximity to a MRI scanner. The treadmill is positioned adjacent to the MRI scan table. A treadmill control system is used to control the speed and grade of the treadmill to allow it to perform a wide range of exercise protocols. Patients complete an exercise protocol on the treadmill and are then moved to the MRI scan table. Images are acquired as quickly as possible post-exercise to more accurately diagnose cardiovascular disease in patients.

The invention relates to an electric running machine provided with an exercise effect evaluation system, belonging to the fitness equipment. The electric running machine provided with the exercise effect evaluation system adopts such three speed control modes as the obesity degree measure and calculation mode, the body mass index (BMI) value measure and calculation mode and the heart rate zone measure and calculation mode. The actual height, weight, name and age of the runner can be inputted by the runner by using the press keys arranged on an instrument panel. The standard weight, obesity degree, weight range, BMI and maximum heart rate of the runner can be measured and calculated according to the calculation formula in the exercise effect evaluation system by using the exercise effect evaluation system. The conclusion of the BMI can be calculated and displayed by a display window to the operator, and exercise formulas P1-P6 which correspond to the electric running machine can be automatically selected by a scientific running exercise guidance system. The electric running machine provided with the exercise effect evaluation system can achieve the scientific running exercise and more effectively improve the running exercise effect.

The present invention relates to a method of detecting a lubrication status between a deck and a belt of a treadmill. The method includes: starting a lubrication detecting procedure of the treadmill by a user, making the belt driving system drive the belt to run for a period of time without the user on the belt of the treadmill, having the user walk on the belt of the treadmill for a period of time at a level state, having the user walk on the belt of the treadmill for a period of time at a predetermined angle. Thereafter, a central control unit of the treadmill calculates a friction coefficient between the belt and the deck of the treadmill according to measuring results of the procedures, and generating a suggestion of maintenance according to a level of the friction coefficient.

A fitness method for an exerciser in a format that utilizes a moving surface (the moving belt of a standard treadmill); and two types of fixed surfaces: the first type being the narrow platform edges that run along the right and left sides of the moving belt of standard treadmills; the second type of fixed surface being the floor space immediately surrounding the treadmill 3 to 5 feet out and away from it on all 4 sides, front, back, night and left. The format involves specific movements of the feet that take the practitioner from occupying a position on the moving surface (the moving belt of a standard treadmill) to occupying a position on either of the 2 types of fixed surfaces (the narrow platform edges that run along the right and left sides of the moving belt of standard treadmills or the floor space immediately surrounding the treadmill 3 to 5 feet out and away from it on all 4 sides, front, back, right and left) and back to the moving surface one time or more repeatedly.

An exercise treadmill having an endless moveable surface looped around rollers or pulleys to form an upper run and a lower run, the movable surface being rotated when one of the rollers or pulleys is rotated, and an exercise surface for walking or running while exercising, a weight resistance mechanism for providing a weight resistance for simulating the dragging or pulling of a load, wherein the weight resistance can be adjusted and set to a specific weight resistance setting; a movable hand controller operatively attached to the weight resistance mechanism for operating and controlling the exercise treadmill and the weight resistance mechanism, wherein the endless movable surface moves in a direction simulating walking or running backwards, and wherein the weight resistance mechanism applies a constant and static force to the hand controller generally only in the same as the direction the endless movable surface moves and opposite a pulling direction, whereby operation of the treadmill simulates the dragging or pulling of a load by a combination of the actuation of the weight resistance mechanism to simulate the load and the walking or running backwards to provide the dragging or pulling action.

Provided are a bike trainer, and an exercise apparatus with a bike trainer for supporting a bike on a treadmill. A mounting bracket is adapted to be non-invasively installed on a frame of the treadmill utilizing a releasable fastener that is adjustable to secure an installation of the mounting bracket and allow the mounting bracket to be removed from the frame. A plurality of arms are coupled to the mounting bracket and each include a distal end to be positioned at an elevation vertically above an elevation of the belt of the treadmill. A bike coupler is provided adjacent to the distal end of at least one of the arms, and is adapted to cooperate with a portion of the bike to couple the bike to the bike trainer apparatus and maintain the bike over the belt of the treadmill.

A system, equipment and process to guide a user in the experience of rhythmic exercise. Playback of an audio file / signal, such as a musical phrase, that has known rhythmic structure (e.g., beat pattern) is accompanied, by non-audio sensory cues such as a light signal or tactical signal (vibration) to mark rhythmic events in the audio playback (such as the beginning and end of playback and / or audio pulses (beats). In addition, equipment is provided to guide the user in performing a GDM (goal directed movement) sequence that is selected to be performed in synch with the rhythm of the audio signal. The user's motion is detected and compared to desired GDM in the selected sequence and also compared to the rhythm of the audio signal. Sensory cues are provided to guide the user in performing the GDM sequence rhythmically. The system may be implemented in cardio fitness equipment including treadmill, AMT, stationary exercise bike and elliptical type exercise equipment.