ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,901, issued on April 22, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Encasement for electroadhesive clutch" was invented by Steven H. Walker (Camas, Wash.), Iustinia Koshkaroff (Beaverton, Ore.), Daniel Stuart (Beaverton, Ore.), Eun Kyung Lee (Beaverton, Ore.), Christopher Andon (Portland, Ore.) and Nina Yashkova (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of apparel can include or use an electroadhesive clutch device. The device can include an elongate encasing for a first electrode assembly and a second electrode assembly each having a respective first and second electrode. The first and second electrodes can be at ...