US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 4 for "System and method for managing electrostatic adhesion between a sheet of material and an electrostatic pad" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,562, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"System and method for managing electrostatic adhesion between a sheet of material and an electrostatic pad" was invented by Nayeem Chowdhury (Melbourne, Australia) and William Ko (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for managing adhesion between a sheet of material and an electrostatic pad. The method includes applying a voltage across the electrostatic pad to establish a baseline voltage level thereacross and to generate an electrostatic potential across the electrostatic pad, bringing the electrostatic pad near or into contac...