US 12,316,246 B2
Electroadhesion device holder
Denis Koci, Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Assigned to Selfie Snapper, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Filed by SELFIE SNAPPER, INC., Sherman Oaks, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/922,983.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,160, filed on Jul. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,054, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0006181 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02N 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02N 13/00 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0085 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electroadhesion device holder comprising:
a device case wherein the device case having a length, a width, a depth, a front side configured to attach to a computer device, and a generally flat back side spanning the length and the width; and
an electroadhesion device integrated into the generally flat back side of the device case, and covering most of the back side of the device case, the electroadhesion device including:
a compliant film, comprising one or more electrodes, disposed in an insulating material, the insulating material including a chemical adhesive applied to at least one side of the insulating material;
a power supply connected to the one or more electrodes;
a sensor integrated into the electroadhesion device, the sensor configured to collect sensor data measuring one or more characteristics of a generally flat surface of a foreign object including a material type and insulation properties of the generally flat surface of the foreign object as well as sense proximity to the foreign object; and
a digital switch in communication with the sensor, the digital switch configured to generate, modify, set, and maintain an adjustable output voltage used to attach the electroadhesion device to the generally flat surface of the foreign object, based on the sensor data regarding the material type and insulation properties of the generally flat surface of the foreign object,
wherein the adjustable voltage output of the one or more electrodes generates an electroadhesive force that secures the electroadhesion device to the generally flat surface of the foreign object.