ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,216, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KEYENCE Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Static eliminator" was invented by Yuki Tokita (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To suppress charging of a housing of a static eliminator while avoiding an influence on control of ion balance. In order to suppress the charging of the housing of the static eliminator, the housing is provided with a rear frame that is conductive. The rear frame is insulated from a placement surface of the static eliminator by an insulating member such as an insulating pad, an inner spacer, and an outer spacer, and movement of an electric charge from the rear frame to an ...