US Patent Issued to The North Face Apparel on Oct. 7 for "Aerogripper apparatus, system, and methods" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,930, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The North Face Apparel Corp. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Aerogripper apparatus, system, and methods" was invented by Demitri Balabanov (Greensboro, N.C.) and Dewayne Steward (Madison, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may comprise a curved surface; a fluid outlet disposed to cause a fluid to move adjacent the curved surface; a sensor configured to detect a material disposed adjacent the curved surface; and a clamp configured to actuate based on detection, via the sensor, of a material disposed adjacent the curved surface, wherein the clamp is further configured to secure the material to t...