US Patent Issued to Creative Technology on Sept. 1 for "Workpiece attraction device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,434, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Creative Technology Corp. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Workpiece attraction device" was invented by Hiromitsu Onodera (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A workpiece attraction device is provided that can dechuck (separate) the attracted workpiece in a short time and reliably even when transporting thin workpieces such as paper, cloth, or resin films. A workpiece attraction device includes: an electrostatic attraction body (1) capable of attracting a workpiece (W) to a workpiece attraction surface (1a) by applying a voltage to an attraction electrode (4a, 4b); and a workpiece separation body...