Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
Methods and devices for cleaning dust from a surface
ipissued patentIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Intellectual Property
- Affiliations
- LASP
Description
Granted US patent on cleaning dust from a substrate by irradiating the dust layer with an electron beam, so that secondary electrons charge neighboring particles and the resulting electrostatic repulsion ejects them from the surface; assignees include the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Details
- Keywords
- electron beam irradiation, secondary electron emission, electrostatic repulsion, dust removal, electrostatic cleaning
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Patent number
- US12623259B2
- Patent status
- Active (adjusted expiration 2044-09-28)
- Associated entity
- Assignee University of Colorado (LASP not named on the patent page)
- Identifier
- US12623259B2; application US17/881,880; pre-grant pub US20230043866A1
- Patent number
- US 12,623,259 B2
- Status
- Active (Google-inferred), expires 2044-09-28
- Specifications
- 20 claims; electron beam 80-400 eV, 0.1-10 uA/cm2 (claim 1)