- Patent Title: Air-bladder enhanced with gecko-adhesive for grasping applications
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Application No.: US16315724Application Date: 2017-07-07
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Publication No.: US10647004B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Elliot W. Hawkes , David L. Christensen , Mark R. Cutkosky , Srinivasan Arul Suresh
- Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Applicant Address: US CA Stanford
- Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Current Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Stanford
- Agency: Lumen Patent Firm
- International Application: PCT/US2017/041035 WO 20170707
- International Announcement: WO2018/009754 WO 20180111
- Main IPC: B25J15/00
- IPC: B25J15/00 ; C09J7/00
Abstract:
The present invention provides a shear gripper device using fibrillar, gecko-inspired adhesives that have the characteristics of being non-tacky in its default state and requiring no normal force to grip a surface. The adhesion is turned “on” by the applied shear load, and “off as the shear load is removed. The shear adhesive gripper is able to grasp large, deformable or delicate objects using a delicate touch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190176342A1 Air-bladder enhanced with gecko-adhesive for grasping applications Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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