Electroadhesives system isolation in apparel
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsSteven H. Walker, Daniel Stuart, Eun Kyung Lee, Christopher Andon
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Abstract
An electrode device for an electroadhesive clutch can include a planar conductive member and a housing that encloses at least a portion of the conductive member. In an example, the housing can include a flexible polymeric substrate provided adjacent to at least a first surface of the conductive member, and a dielectric member comprising a first portion provided adjacent to an opposite second surface of the conductive member, and a second portion provided adjacent to a first side edge of the conductive member and coupled to the flexible polymeric substrate.
Claims26
An electrode device for an electroadhesive clutch, the electrode device comprising:
- a planar conductive member;
- and
- a housing that encloses at least a portion of the conductive member, wherein the housing includes:
- a flexible polymeric substrate provided adjacent to at least a first surface of the conductive member;
- and
- a dielectric member comprising a first portion provided adjacent to an opposite second surface of the conductive member, and a second portion provided adjacent to a first side edge of the conductive member and coupled to the flexible polymeric substrate, wherein the dielectric member comprises an elastic dielectric ink having an electrical permittivity that is greater than the permittivity of air.
An electroadhesive clutch device comprising:
- a first electrode assembly comprising a first conductive portion that is at least partially covered by a first dielectric insulator;
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- a second electrode assembly comprising a second conductive portion that is at least partially covered by a second dielectric insulator, wherein the first and second conductive portions have different widths and wherein the first and second dielectric insulators include an elastic dielectric ink having an electrical permittivity that is greater than the permittivity of air;
- wherein the first and second electrode assemblies are at least partially overlapping at their respective surfaces that comprise the first and second dielectric insulators;
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- wherein the first electrode assembly is movable relative to the second electrode assembly in a length direction of the first conductive portion.
An electrode device for an electroadhesive clutch, the electrode device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- an electrically-conductive first trace disposed on the flexible substrate, the first trace having a height, a width, and a length;
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- a dielectric member disposed on the conductive trace opposite the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the dielectric member extends over a side edge of the first trace and is coupled with the flexible substrate, wherein the dielectric member comprises a dielectric ink deposited on the first trace and on a surface of the first substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.