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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2018
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
William Whitcomb McFarland, Waltham, MA (US);
David J. Carter, Concord, MA (US);
Nicolas A. Macias, Boston, MA (US);
Graham Philip Arrick, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jesse M. Carr, Cambridge, MA (US);
THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A surface affixable device incorporating mechanically actuated dry adhesive includes a body and a plurality of tiles affixed to the body. Each of the plurality of tiles includes an array of dry adhesive material elements disposed on front faces thereof. A first of the plurality of tiles is movably affixed to the body. An actuator is constructed and arranged to displace the first of the plurality of tiles in a first direction relative to a second of the plurality of tiles. A biasing element applies a bias to the first of the plurality of tiles in a second direction upon displacement of the first of the plurality of tiles in the first direction.