US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 22 for "Electroadhesive pads, electroadhesive end effectors, and methods of producing the same" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,386, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Electroadhesive pads, electroadhesive end effectors, and methods of producing the same" was invented by Nayeem Chowdhury (Melbourne, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electroadhesive pad comprises a substrate, a first electrical network, and a second electrical network. The first electrical network comprises a first subset of electrodes and a first voltage source configured to apply an output voltage at a first polarity to the first subset of electrodes. The second electrical network comprises a second subset of electrodes and a second voltage sour...