Vincent Lévesque

Pending Patent

Control of Contact Conditions for Static ESF

Vincent Lévesque, Mansoor Alghooneh, Jamal Saboune, Vahid Khoshkava, Mohammadreza Motamedi, Danny A. Grant, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Liwen Wu

US Patent Application 15/354,148, filed November 17, 2016, pending.

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Abstract

Examples of devices, systems, and methods of controlling one or more contact conditions of an insulated static electrostatic force electrode are disclosed. One example device has an insulated static electrostatic force electrode and a flexible suspension attached to insulated the static electrostatic force electrode. In examples, the flexible suspension controls a contact condition of the static electrostatic force electrode to alter the static electrostatic force feedback provided by the insulated static electrostatic force electrode.