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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
New Way Machine Components, Inc., Aston, PA (US);
Joshua A. Schaffstall, Aston, PA (US);
Dakota H. Peirce, Cinnaminson, NJ (US);
Michael T. Sabol, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Andrew Devitt, Media, PA (US);
Richard D. Pollick, West Chester, PA (US);
NEW WAY MACHINE COMPONENTS, INC., Aston, PA (US);
Abstract
A non-contact air bearing having electrostatic discharge properties may comprise: a porous media element having a bearing surface; a supply line configured supply an externally pressurize gas or fluid to the porous media; and an electrostatic dissipative porous bearing layer on the bearing surface of the porous media element; wherein the externally pressurized fluid flows through the porous media element and creates a thin film between the electrostatic dissipative layer and a substrate supported by the air bearing.