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Electrostatic slide clutch

US11036295B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Holger Moessinger · Darmstadt, DE
Siyuan Ma · Chicago, US
James David Holbery · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 12, 2017
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/014
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is an electrostatic slide clutch comprising a first electrode, a second electrode oriented parallel to first electrode, an electrically insulating structure disposed on the first electrode on a face of the first electrode opposing the second electrode, and a controller electrically coupled to the first electrode and to the second electrode and configured to apply a variable voltage between the first and second electrodes, to influence a normal force between the first and second electrodes.

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