ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,218, issued on June 17, was assigned to Nike Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Electroadhesive actuators with extended life" 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 adaptive wearable article can include an electroadhesive clutch secured to a textile and extending around at least a portion of an opening. The clutch can include a first conductive member and a first polymeric substrate applied to the first conductive member and hav...