Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a linkage type displacement device.
To achieve the above and other related objects, the present invention provides a linkage type displacement device, comprising:
A movable base;
A support frame arranged on the movable base, and
The linkage type bearing mechanism comprises a parallelogram lifting mechanism and a linkage shifting mechanism;
the parallelogram lifting mechanism is arranged on the supporting frame;
the linkage displacement mechanism is arranged on one side, far away from the support frame, of the parallelogram lifting mechanism;
The linkage displacement mechanism is configured to convert the lifting motion of the parallelogram lifting mechanism into linear reciprocating motion to achieve curvilinear motion similar to that of a transfer of a person sitting on a station.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the linkage displacement mechanism includes a gear transmission component and a slider-crank mechanism;
The crank sliding block mechanism comprises a crank, a first connecting rod and a sliding part, one end of the crank is fixedly connected with the gear transmission part, the other end of the crank is hinged with one end of the first connecting rod, the other end of the first connecting rod is hinged with the sliding part, and the sliding part is arranged at one end, far away from the support frame, of the parallelogram lifting mechanism in a sliding manner and can do linear reciprocating motion relative to the parallelogram lifting mechanism;
The gear transmission part is arranged on the parallelogram elevating mechanism, and the gear transmission part is assembled to convert the elevating movement of the parallelogram elevating mechanism into the rotation of the crank.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the parallelogram lifting mechanism comprises a frame, a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod, a first linear actuator and two bearing rods, wherein the frame is arranged at the upper end of a supporting frame, one ends of the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod are respectively hinged to the frame, the other ends of the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod are respectively hinged to the second connecting rod, one end of the first linear actuator is hinged to the supporting frame or the frame, the other end of the first linear actuator is hinged to the middle part of the first connecting rod or the second connecting rod, the frame, the first connecting rod, the second connecting rod and the second connecting rod form the parallelogram mechanism, the two bearing rods are arranged at two sides of one end of the second connecting rod, which is far away from the supporting frame, at intervals, and the sliding part is slidably arranged on the two bearing rods and can linearly reciprocate along the bearing rods.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the frame comprises a frame body, a connecting piece and an angle adjusting component, wherein the connecting piece is hinged with the frame body to form a revolute pair, one ends of the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod, which are not hinged with the second connecting rod, are respectively hinged with the connecting piece, the angle adjusting component is arranged between the frame body and the connecting piece, and the angle between the frame body and the connecting piece is adjusted through the angle adjusting component, so that the adjustment of the pitching angle of the parallelogram lifting mechanism is realized.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the angle adjusting assembly comprises a rotating piece, an adjusting bolt and an adjusting nut, wherein the adjusting bolt and the adjusting nut are matched with each other, the rotating piece is rotatably arranged on the frame body, one end of the adjusting bolt and the connecting piece form a rotating pair, and a screw section of the adjusting bolt passes through the rotating piece and is fixed through the adjusting nut.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the gear transmission part comprises a first gear and a second gear which are meshed with each other, the diameter of the first gear is larger than that of the second gear, the first gear is fixedly arranged on the second connecting rod, the axis of the hinge joint of the first connecting rod or the second connecting rod and the second connecting rod is collinear with the rotation axis of the first gear, the second gear is positioned on one side of the first gear, the second gear is rotatably arranged on the first connecting rod or the second connecting rod, and the second gear is fixedly connected with one end of the crank which is not hinged with the first connecting rod.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the sliding member comprises an armpit support, or an elbow support, or a suspension/binding member, or a combination of an armpit support and a suspension/binding member, or a combination of an elbow support and a suspension/binding member.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the sliding member comprises a chest assist pad.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the sliding member comprises a height adjustable armrest.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the height of the support frame is adjustable.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the linkage type displacement device further comprises a bearing seat mechanism for a user to sit on, and the bearing seat mechanism is disposed on the supporting frame and is located between the moving base and the linkage type bearing mechanism.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the bearing seat mechanism comprises a bearing seat support, a bearing seat, a guide mechanism and a second linear actuator, wherein the guide mechanism is arranged on the bearing seat support, the guide mechanism and the bearing seat support form a moving pair, the guide mechanism can move up and down relative to the bearing seat support, the bearing seat is arranged on the guide mechanism and can move synchronously with the guide mechanism, the second linear actuator is arranged between the guide mechanism and the movable base, and the guide mechanism is driven to move up and down along the bearing seat by the second linear actuator so as to realize the height adjustment of the bearing seat.
In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the moving base includes a base, a first bearing base and a second bearing base, two bearing bases and the base form a moving pair, and a distance between the two bearing bases is adjustable.
According to the linkage type bearing mechanism of the linkage type shifting device, through the cooperation of the parallelogram lifting mechanism, the gear transmission part and the crank sliding block mechanism, the height adjustment is realized through the parallelogram lifting mechanism, meanwhile, the sliding part of the crank sliding block mechanism can do linear reciprocating motion along the approximately horizontal direction, so that the curve motion similar to the movement of a person in a sitting station is realized, and the standing posture of the person is simulated from a sitting posture state to the action process of the person from the standing posture to the sitting posture.
The linkage type shifting device can be used by a user to simply finish operation through the armpit support, the elbow support or/and the suspension/binding component, and reduce the operation of a caretaker.
The linkage type shifting device can realize the cooperation of the linkage type bearing mechanism and the open-close type bearing seat mechanism.
The length of the support frame can be set to be adjustable under the condition of ensuring that the rotation amplitude of the parallelogram lifting mechanism is certain aiming at the crowd with different heights, and the linkage type shifting device is suitable for the crowd with larger heights and more occasions.
The linkage type shifting device can realize the shifting function, can provide the walking aid and the weight reduction function in a short time, and can realize the shifting simply and quickly by a user.
Detailed Description
Other advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following disclosure, which describes the embodiments of the present invention with reference to specific examples. The invention may be practiced or carried out in other embodiments that depart from the specific details, and the details of the present description may be modified or varied from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be noted that the following embodiments and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that the illustrations provided in the following embodiments merely illustrate the basic concept of the present invention by way of illustration, and only the components related to the present invention are shown in the illustrations, not according to the number, shape and size of the components in actual implementation, and the form, number and proportion of each component in actual implementation may be arbitrarily changed, and the layout of the components may be more complex.
Referring to fig. 1-6, the present embodiment describes a linkage type displacement device, which includes a moving base 10, a supporting frame 20 and a linkage type bearing mechanism 30, wherein the supporting frame 20 is disposed on the moving base 10, and the linkage type bearing mechanism 30 is disposed on the supporting frame 20.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in the present embodiment, the moving base 10 includes a base 101 and two bearing bases, the two bearing bases and the base 101 form a moving pair, and a distance between the two bearing bases is adjustable. Specifically, the two bearing bases are disposed on two sides of the base 101 and serve as a first bearing base 102 and a second bearing base 103, a moving pair is formed between the first bearing base 1021 and the base 101, a moving pair is formed between the second bearing base 103 and the base 101, and a distance between the first bearing base 102 and the second bearing base 103 can be adjusted by a distance adjusting mechanism.
Referring to fig. 1-5, in the present embodiment, the pitch adjustment mechanism includes a slider rail assembly, a third connecting rod 104, a fourth connecting rod 105, a third linear actuator 106, and a slider rail assembly 107. The slide block guide rail assembly 107 comprises a guide rail 1071, a slide block 1072 and a hinge component 1073, wherein the guide rail 1071 and the slide block 1072 are arranged in the support frame 20, the slide block 1072 is arranged on the guide rail 1071 and can slide along the guide rail 1071, the hinge component 1073 comprises three parts, the three parts are respectively arranged on three side surfaces of the slide block 1072, the three parts are fixedly connected with the slide block 1072, and the hinge component 1073 is arranged in a guide groove on the support frame 20 in a penetrating way. One end of the third connecting rod 104 is hinged to the first bearing base 102, the other end of the third connecting rod 104 is hinged to one hinge component 1073, one end of the fourth connecting rod 105 is hinged to the second bearing base 103, the other end of the fourth connecting rod 105 is hinged to the other hinge component 1073, one end of the third linear actuator 106 is hinged to the base 101, the other end of the third linear actuator is hinged to the third hinge component 1073, and the hinge component 1073 hinged to the third connecting rod 104 and the hinge component 1073 hinged to the fourth connecting rod 105 are located on two sides of the hinge component 1073 hinged to the third linear actuator 106. The third linear actuator 106 drives the slide 1072 to move up and down along the guide rail 1071, so that synchronous expansion and contraction of the two bearing bases are realized to adjust the distance between the two bearing bases.
It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the spacing adjustment mechanism may also employ a worm and gear mechanism to adjust the spacing between the two load-bearing bases.
In a specific arrangement, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the bottoms of the two bearing bases can be provided with directional wheels or universal wheels or electric wheels with different mounting heights (mounted according to specific requirements), and one or more wheel belt brake mechanisms can be determined according to specific requirements, so that the design can reduce the distance between the two bearing bases and the ground, and the device is suitable for more situations.
Referring to fig. 1-3, in this embodiment, the linkage bearing mechanism 30 includes a parallelogram lifting mechanism and a linkage displacement mechanism, the parallelogram lifting mechanism is disposed on the support frame 20, the linkage displacement mechanism is disposed on a side of the parallelogram lifting mechanism far away from the support frame 20, and the linkage displacement mechanism is configured to convert lifting motion of the parallelogram lifting mechanism into linear reciprocating motion, so as to implement curved motion similar to that when a person sits on a station and transfers, thereby simulating a standing posture of the person from a sitting posture and simulating a motion process of the person from the standing posture to the sitting posture.
In this embodiment, the linkage displacement mechanism includes a gear drive member 308 and a slider-crank mechanism. The crank slider mechanism comprises a crank 3071, a first connecting rod 3072 and a sliding component 309, one end of the crank 3071 is fixedly connected with the gear transmission component 308, the other end 3071 is hinged with one end of the first connecting rod 3072, the other end of the first connecting rod 3072 is hinged with the sliding component 309, the sliding component 309 is slidably arranged at one end of the parallelogram lifting mechanism far away from the support frame 20 and can do linear reciprocating motion relative to the parallelogram lifting mechanism, the gear transmission component 308 is arranged on the parallelogram lifting mechanism, and the gear transmission component 308 is assembled to convert lifting motion of the parallelogram lifting mechanism into rotation of the crank 3071.
Referring to fig. 1-3, in this embodiment, the parallelogram lifting mechanism includes a frame 301, a first connecting rod 302, a second connecting rod 303, a second connecting rod 304, a first linear actuator 305, and two bearing rods 306, where the frame 301 may be disposed at an upper end of the support frame 20 in a manner of welding or bolting, one ends of the first connecting rod 302 and the second connecting rod 303 are hinged to the frame 301, the other ends of the first connecting rod 302 and the second connecting rod 303 are hinged to the second connecting rod 304, one end of the first linear actuator 305 is hinged to the support frame 20 or the frame 301, the other end of the first linear actuator 305 is hinged to the middle of the first connecting rod 302 or the second connecting rod 303, the frame 301, the first connecting rod 302, the second connecting rod 303, and the second connecting rod 304 form a parallelogram mechanism, the two bearing rods 306 are disposed at intervals at two sides of one end of the second connecting rod 304, which is far from the support frame 20, the two bearing rods 306 are disposed at two sides, and the two bearing rods 306 are slidably disposed along the two sliding members 306, and the two bearing rods 306 are slidably movable along the sliding mechanism 306, thereby realizing the linear adjustment of the bearing rod 30. It should be noted that the frame 301 and the support frame 20 may be two independent components and then assembled together by welding or bolting, or may be an integral body, that is, the frame 301 is a part of the support frame 20.
Optionally, to achieve adjustment of the pitch angle of the lift mechanism, the frame 301 may further include an angle adjustment assembly 3013 for adjusting the pitch angle of the lift mechanism. Specifically, the stand 301 comprises a stand body 3011, a connecting piece 3012 and an angle adjusting component 3013, wherein the connecting piece 3012 is hinged with the stand body 3011 to form a revolute pair, one ends of the first connecting rod 302 and the second connecting rod 303, which are not hinged with the second connecting rod 304, are respectively hinged with the connecting piece 3012, the angle adjusting component 3013 is arranged between the stand body 3011 and the connecting piece 3012, and the angle adjusting component 3013 is used for adjusting an angle between the stand body 3011 and the connecting piece 3012, so that the elevation angle of the elevating mechanism is changed, and the angle between the bearing rod 306 and the horizontal plane is changed.
By way of example, the angle adjustment assembly 3013 includes an adjustment bolt, an adjustment nut, and a rotational member. The rotating member (for example, a rotating shaft in fig. 2 is disposed on the frame body 3011) is rotatably disposed on the frame body 3011, a light hole through which a screw section of the adjusting bolt passes is formed on the rotating member, one end of the adjusting bolt and the connecting member 3012 form a revolute pair, and the screw section of the adjusting bolt passes through the light hole on the rotating member and is fixed by the adjusting nut. The length of the screw section of the adjusting bolt between the connecting piece 3012 and the rotating piece can be adjusted through the adjusting nut, so that the angle between the frame body 3011 and the connecting piece 3012 can be adjusted, and the pitch angle of the lifting mechanism is changed, so that the angle between the bearing rod 306 and the horizontal plane is changed.
Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 6, in the present embodiment, the gear transmission member 308 includes a first gear 3081 and a second gear 3082 that are meshed with each other, and the diameter of the first gear 3081 is larger than the diameter of the second gear 3082, that is, the first gear 3081 is a large gear, and the second gear 3082 is a small gear. The first gear 3081 is fixed on the second connecting rod 304, the axis of the hinge joint of the first connecting rod 302 (or the second connecting rod 303) and the second connecting rod 304 coincides with the rotation axis of the first gear 3081, the second gear 3082 is located at one side of the first gear 3081, the second gear 3082 is rotatably arranged on the first connecting rod 302 or the second connecting rod 303, and the second gear 3082 is fixedly connected with one end of the crank, which is not hinged with the first connecting rod, so that in the process of driving the parallelogram mechanism lifting mechanism to lift by the first linear actuator 305, the second gear 3082 drives the crank to rotate so as to drive the slider-crank mechanism to move along the bearing rod 306. As an example, in order to increase the tightness of the gear transmission member 308 and reduce the volume of the gear transmission member 308, the first gear 3081 may be a sector gear, for example.
Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 6, in the present embodiment, the sliding member 309 includes two spaced armrests 3091, the two armrests 3091 are respectively located above a supporting rod 306, and the armrests 3091 are used for supporting the armpits of the user. The user can simply finish operation and use through the armpit supports 3091 at the two sides, and tedious binding operation is reduced.
Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 6, in this embodiment, the sliding member 309 further includes a chest auxiliary support 3093, and the chest auxiliary support 3093 is located between the two armpit supports 3091 and is connected to the two armpit supports 3091. The chest auxiliary pad 3093 corresponds to the position of the user's chest. The front auxiliary pad 3093 arranged in a forward tilting way can lead the gravity center of a user to move forward, and prevent the gravity center of the user from moving backwards to generate danger.
Referring to fig. 1,3 and 6, in the present embodiment, the sliding member 309 further includes two side auxiliary pads 3092 disposed at intervals, and the two side auxiliary pads 3092 are respectively located below a supporting rod 306 for assisting the user to rest on two sides.
Referring to fig. 7, in an alternative embodiment, the sliding member 309 further includes two spaced armrests 3094, where the armrests 3094 are disposed below the carrying bar 306, and the armrests 3094 are used for holding by a user for supporting. The height of the armrest 3094 can be adjusted by the star-shaped handles corresponding to different hole sites so as to meet the use requirements of users with no arm length.
It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the sliding member 309 may also use an elbow rest instead of the armpit rest 3091, where the elbow rest is used to support the elbow of the user, and the armpit support is changed to an elbow support. Of course, a combination of elbow rests and suspension/strapping means may also be employed.
It should be noted that in some embodiments, the sliding member 309 may also be a hanging/binding member instead of the armpit support 3091. Of course, a combination of the armpit support 3091 and the suspension/binding member may be directly employed.
When the movable base 10 is used, the movable base 10 is moved to a user position, the first linear actuator 305 is used for adjusting the height of the bearing rod 306, the bearing rod 306 is placed under the armpit of a user, a caretaker or the user controls the first linear actuator 305 to lift the height, the bearing rod 306 can keep a certain posture angle to realize the height lifting in the driving process of the first linear actuator 305, and the sliding part 309 can realize the linear motion along the bearing rod 306 in the height lifting process of the bearing rod 306 to realize the linkage, so that the action process of a person from a sitting state to a standing state is well simulated.
It should be noted that the supporting frame 20 may also be configured with a length-adjustable structure as shown in fig. 9, so as to meet the use requirements of people with different heights. Specifically, the support frame 20 includes a first support frame 201, a second support frame 202, and a fourth linear actuator 203, where the first support frame 201 is disposed on the base 101 of the mobile base 10, the lower end of the second support frame 202 is inserted on the first support frame 201, a mobile pair is formed between the second support frame 202 and the first support frame 202, one end of the fourth linear actuator 203 is hinged to the first support frame 201, and the other end of the fourth linear actuator 203 is hinged to the second support frame 202, and the length of the second support frame 202 inserted into the first support frame 201 can be adjusted by the fourth linear actuator 203, so as to realize the adjustment of the height of the support frame 20.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in the present embodiment, the linkage type shifting device further includes an open-close type bearing seat mechanism 40, and the bearing seat mechanism 40 is for a user to sit thereon. The bearing seat mechanism 40 comprises a first bearing seat support 401, a bearing seat, a guide mechanism 404 and a second linear actuator 405, wherein the first bearing seat support 401 is arranged on the supporting frame 20 and is positioned between the linkage type bearing mechanism 30 and the movable base 10, the guide mechanism 404 is arranged on the first bearing seat support 401, the guide mechanism 404 and the first bearing seat support 401 form a movable pair, the guide mechanism 404 can move up and down in a certain range relative to the first bearing seat support 401 to realize height adjustment, the bearing seat is arranged on the guide mechanism 404 and can move up and down synchronously with the guide mechanism 404, the second linear actuator 405 is arranged between the guide mechanism 404 and the movable base 10, one end of the second linear actuator 405 is connected with the base 101 of the movable base 10, the other end of the second linear actuator 405 is connected with the middle part of the guide mechanism 404, and the second linear actuator 405 is used for driving the guide mechanism to move up and down in a certain range relative to the first bearing seat support 401 so as to realize height adjustment of the bearing seat 401, thus the bearing seat 404 is adjusted by the height adjustment requirement of the bearing seat 401.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in this embodiment, the bearing seat includes a first bearing seat 402 and a second bearing seat 403 that can be opened and closed, where the first bearing seat 402 and the second bearing seat 403 are respectively located at two sides of the guiding mechanism 404 and are respectively movably connected with the guiding mechanism 404. When the first bearing seat 402 and the second bearing seat 403 are folded, the bearing seat is in a supporting station, a user can sit on the bearing seat, when the first bearing seat 402 and the second bearing seat 403 are separated, the bearing seat is in an avoiding station, and the user enters or leaves the bearing seat from a gap between the first bearing seat 402 and the second bearing seat 403. Specifically, the first bearing seat 402 and the second bearing seat 403 are hinged to the guiding mechanism 404, and the first bearing seat 402 and the second bearing seat 403 may rotate around the guiding mechanism 404 to implement opening and closing movements, so that the bearing seats are converted between a supporting station and an avoiding station.
It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the first carrier 402 and the second carrier 403 may also form a sliding pair with the guiding mechanism 404, respectively, the first carrier 402 and the second carrier 403 may be moved along a straight line toward each other (i.e., moved toward each other), and the first carrier 402 and the second carrier 403 may be moved along a straight line away from each other (i.e., moved away from each other), so as to be separated.
It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the second linear actuator 405 may not be provided, i.e. the height of the carrier mechanism 40 may be kept fixed.
When in use, the bearing seat mechanism 40 is matched with the linkage type bearing mechanism 30, the first bearing seat 402 and the second bearing seat 403 are opened, the linkage type shifting device is pushed to the front of a user, the height of the user is lifted in a small range through the linkage type bearing mechanism 30, when the first and second bearing seats 402 and 403 are lifted to the proper height, the first linear actuator 305 lowers the linkage bearing mechanism 30 to the proper height. The interlocking carrier 30 can also be used alone as a means of assisting in the transfer of the sitting position.
It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the folding type carrier mechanism 40' shown in fig. 8 may be used instead of the folding type carrier mechanism 40 shown in fig. 1-3. Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the foldable bearing seat mechanism comprises a second bearing seat bracket 407, a bearing seat 406 and a retaining mechanism 408, wherein the second bearing seat bracket 407 can be fixed on the supporting frame 20 through welding or bolts, the bearing seat 406 is movably connected on the bearing seat bracket, the bearing seat 406 has a first station and a second station relative to the second bearing seat bracket 407, when the bearing seat 406 is in the first station, the bearing seat 406 is used for supporting buttocks of a user when the user rides, when the bearing seat 406 is in the second station, the bearing seat 406 is in a folded state, the retaining mechanism 408 is arranged between the second bearing seat bracket 407 and the bearing seat 406, and the retaining mechanism 408 is configured to enable the bearing seat 406 to be retained in the first station and enable the bearing seat 406 to be released from the first station.
As shown in fig. 8, the bearing seat 406 includes a bearing connecting rod 4062 and a bearing seat body 4061, one end of the bearing connecting rod 4062 is hinged to the second bearing seat bracket 407, and the bearing seat body 4061 is movably mounted (e.g. inserted) to the other end of the bearing connecting rod 4062 and can slide along the length direction of the bearing connecting rod 4062 to adjust the relative position of the bearing seat body 4061 and the bearing connecting rod 4062. Of course, the bearing seat body 4061 may also be fixedly connected to the other end of the bearing link 4062.
As shown in fig. 8, the holding mechanism 408 includes a third link 4081, a fourth link 4081, and a fifth linear actuator 4083, wherein one end of the third link 4081 is hinged to the middle portion of the carrier, the other end of the third link 4081 is hinged to one end of the fourth link 4081, one end of the fifth linear actuator 4083 is hinged to the carrier support, and the other end of the fifth linear actuator 4083 is hinged to the fourth link 4081 or the middle portion of the third link 4081. In order to avoid interference between the fifth linear actuator 4083 and other components of the holding mechanism 408 during operation, the fifth linear actuator 4083 is disposed on one side of the holding mechanism 408.
It will be appreciated that in some embodiments, the ganged-type displacement apparatus may also be provided without the carriage mechanism 40 as shown in fig. 9. The combined type bearing mechanism 30 can be used independently together with the armrest 3094, so that a user can be helped to complete a standing process, and a certain walking assisting and weight reducing effect is achieved for the user in a short time.
In summary, according to the linkage type bearing mechanism of the linkage type shifting device, through the cooperation of the parallelogram lifting mechanism, the gear transmission part and the crank sliding block mechanism, the sliding part of the crank sliding block mechanism can do linear reciprocating motion along the approximately horizontal direction while the height adjustment is realized through the parallelogram lifting mechanism, so that the curve motion similar to the movement of a person in a sitting position and a standing position is realized, and the action process of the person from the standing position to the sitting position is simulated. The linkage type shifting device can be used by a user to simply finish operation through the armpit support, the elbow support or/and the suspension/binding component, and reduce the operation of a caretaker. The linkage type shifting device can realize the cooperation of the linkage type bearing mechanism and the open-close type bearing seat mechanism. The length of the support frame can be set to be adjustable under the condition of ensuring that the rotation amplitude of the parallelogram lifting mechanism is certain aiming at the crowd with different heights, and the linkage type shifting device is suitable for the crowd with larger heights and more occasions. The linkage type shifting device can realize the shifting function, can provide the walking aid and the weight reduction function in a short time, and can realize the shifting simply and quickly by a user.
The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention and its effectiveness, and are not intended to limit the invention. Modifications and variations may be made to the above-described embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications and variations of the invention be covered by the claims, which are within the ordinary skill of the art, be within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
In the description herein, numerous specific details are provided, such as examples of components and/or methods, to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that an embodiment of the invention can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other apparatus, systems, components, methods, components, materials, parts, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, or operations are not specifically shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of embodiments of the invention.
Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment," "an embodiment," or "a particular embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment, and not necessarily all embodiments, of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment," "in an embodiment," or "in a specific embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics of any specific embodiment of the present invention may be combined in any suitable manner with one or more other embodiments. It will be appreciated that other variations and modifications of the embodiments of the invention described and illustrated herein are possible in light of the teachings herein and are to be considered as part of the spirit and scope of the invention.
It will also be appreciated that one or more of the elements shown in the figures may also be implemented in a more separated or integrated manner, or even removed because of inoperability in certain circumstances or provided because it may be useful depending on the particular application.
In addition, any labeled arrows in the drawings/figures should be considered only as exemplary, and not limiting, unless otherwise specifically indicated. Furthermore, the term "or" as used herein is generally intended to mean "and/or" unless specified otherwise. Combinations of parts or steps will also be considered as being noted where terminology is foreseen as rendering the ability to separate or combine is unclear.
As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, unless otherwise indicated, "a", "an", and "the" include plural references. Also, as used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "in..once again" includes "in..once again" and "on.
The above description of illustrated embodiments of the invention, including what is described in the abstract, is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed herein. Although specific embodiments of, and examples for, the invention are described herein for illustrative purposes only, various equivalent modifications are possible within the spirit and scope of the present invention, as those skilled in the relevant art will recognize and appreciate. As noted, these modifications can be made to the present invention in light of the foregoing description of illustrated embodiments of the present invention and are to be included within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
The systems and methods have been described herein in general terms as being helpful in understanding the details of the present invention. Furthermore, various specific details have been set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that an embodiment of the invention can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other apparatus, systems, assemblies, methods, components, materials, parts, and/or the like. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, and/or operations are not specifically shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of embodiments of the invention.
Thus, although the invention has been described herein with reference to particular embodiments thereof, a latitude of modification, various changes and substitutions are intended in the foregoing disclosures, and it will be appreciated that in some instances some features of the invention will be employed without a corresponding use of other features without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as set forth. Therefore, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the essential scope and spirit of the present invention. It is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular terms used in following claims and/or to the particular embodiment disclosed as the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention, but that the invention will include any and all embodiments and equivalents falling within the scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined only by the following claims.