ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,985, issued on May 13, was assigned to Orbital Composites Inc..
"Electrostatic debris removal system" was invented by Cole Nielsen-Cole (San Jose, Calif.) and James M. Frei (Dixon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for collecting debris includes a collector configured to accumulate debris and retain an electrostatic charge; a deployment mechanism configured to move the collector into a path of the debris; an electrostatic charging array comprising one or more wires or plates operatively connected to the collector; and one or more processors operatively coupled to the collector, the deployment mechanism, and the electrost...