Motorized Guidance Exercise Apparatus for Controlled Muscle Development
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise equipment lacks motorized guidance, leading to inconsistent workouts, muscle fatigue issues, and increased risk of injury, particularly for individuals with weak muscles or disabilities, as they struggle to operate equipment without controlled speed and motion.
Innovation Solution
A motorized guidance exercise apparatus that enables isometric, dynamic isotonic concentric, and dynamic isotonic eccentric movements, using an electric motor, tactile feedback interfaces, and adjustable resistance to provide controlled and consistent exercise, allowing for varied speed, range of motion, and weight, minimizing accelerations and decelerations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional manual exercise equipment is used, then individuals can perform exercises, but the workout consistency and control are poor leading to injury risk
Solution Approach 1:
The motorized guidance system operates autonomously to control exercise motion, eliminating the need for manual control by the user. The system self-regulates speed, range of motion, and acceleration profiles, providing consistent workouts without requiring user expertise or attention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical control with an automated motorized guidance system. The motor controller electronically regulates exercise parameters instead of relying on user-generated mechanical forces, ensuring consistent and safe exercise execution.
2Reliability
If motorized guidance is added to exercise equipment, then workout control and consistency improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The motorized guidance system is designed to work with multiple types of exercise equipment and resistance mechanisms. The same motor and controller assembly can serve different exercise modalities, reducing overall system complexity through component sharing and multi-functionality.
3Strength
If individuals exercise muscles to fatigue for strength gains, then muscle development improves, but injury risk increases for weak muscles
Solution Approach 1:
The motorized guidance system pre-programmes safe acceleration and deceleration profiles before exercise begins. These predetermined motion parameters ensure that even when exercising to fatigue, the equipment never exceeds safe force thresholds that could injure weak muscles, ligaments, or tendons.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors exercise execution and adjusts motor output in real-time to maintain safe operating parameters. This feedback control ensures that muscle fatigue does not lead to unsafe motion extremes or excessive forces on vulnerable body structures.
4Adaptability or versatility
If weight machines use adjustable weight plates, then exercise versatility improves, but operation safety decreases due to jerky movements
Solution Approach 1:
The motorized guidance system dynamically adjusts exercise parameters including speed, range of motion, and acceleration profiles during each exercise session. This dynamic control eliminates the static, jerky movements associated with manual weight machines while maintaining exercise versatility through programmable variations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates more effective muscle development and rehabilitation by ensuring consistent and controlled exercise, reducing the risk of injury and allowing for tailored workouts for individuals with varying abilities, leading to faster muscle development and recovery.
Implementation Method 1
an electric motor, the electric motor including an output shaft and the electric motor secured to the frame
Data Source
AI summary
An isometric, dynamic isotonic concentric and dynamic isotonic eccentric motorized guidance exercise apparatus for human muscle development is provided. The exercise apparatus comprises a frame, an electric motor, the electric motor including an output shaft and secured to the frame, a drive guidance assembly, the drive guidance assembly secured to the frame and connected to the output shaft; at least one tactile feedback interface member, the at least one tactile feedback interface member secured to the drive guidance assembly; a weight plate, the weight plate secured to a limb of the human body, the limb positioned at the at least one tactile feedback interface member and wherein energizing the electric motor actuates the drive guidance assembly, the drive guidance assembly induces a motion in the at least one tactile feedback interface member, the limb engages the at least one tactile feedback interface member and the limb actuates the weight plate.