Specimen testing systems and methods

US10317324B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Board of Trustees of the Univeristy of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville · US

Inventors

• Kalob Ownby · Florence, US
• Mark Creel · Cullman, US
• Jordan Fulmer · Huntsville, US
• Matt Fulmer · Muscle Shoals, US
• Michael Henry · Lincoln, US
• Dung Tuan Le · Opelika, US
• Melissa Lee · McKinney, US
• Derek Odom · Huntsville, US
• Russ Walton · Huntsville, US
• Jeffrey Evans · Calabasas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2203/04
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A specimen testing system has holders that hold a specimen for testing. The holders brace the specimen so that a load may be applied. A load applicator applies a load to the specimen at a location that is between the holders bracing the specimen. A user may adjust the load applicator until it applies the desired load to the specimen. If desired, a user may apply rotation to a specimen while it is experiencing a load by using a specimen rotation system. The user may continue to adjust the load applied to the specimen or continue to rotate the specimen during loading until the specimen fails.