==Patenter==
[[USPTO]] har lavet følgende klassificeringer af bl.a. elektrostatiske motorer. Mange af patenterne er udløbet:
* Class 310 ELECTRICAL GENERATOR OR MOTOR STRUCTURE
** 300 NON-DYNAMOELECTRIC
*** 308 Charge accumulating
*** 309 Electrostatic
* '''{{US patent|633829}}''' -- J. Gallegos -- "''Static electric Machine''"
* '''{{US patent|735621}}''' -- [[Elihu Thomson|E. Thomson]]  -- "''Electrostatic motor''"
* '''{{US patent|993561}}''' -- Harold B. Smith -- "''Apparatus for transforming electrical energy into mechanical energy''"
* '''{{US patent|1693806}}''' -- W. G. Cady -- "''Electromechanical System''"
* '''{{US patent|1974483}}''' —- [[Thomas Townsend Brown|T. T. Brown]] -- "''Electrostatic motor''" (1934-09-25)
* '''{{US patent|3433981}}''' -- B. Bollee -- "''Electrostatic Motor''" (''ed.'' Electrostatics from [[atmosfærens elektricitet|Atmospheric Electricity]])
* '''{{US patent|3436630}}'''  -- B. Bollee -- "''Electrostatic Motor''"
* '''{{US patent|5552654}}'''  -- MITSUBISHI CHEM CORP -- "''Electrostatic actuator''"
* '''{{US patent|5965968}}'''  -- Robert, et al. -- "''Electrostatic Motor''"
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