| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 073849000 | Bending, flexing, or folding | 48 |
| 20080276721 | METHOD FOR MEASURING BENDING MOMENTS ON A JOINT AND MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for measuring bending moments on a joint ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080295606 | Bend Tool - A tool for multi-axis mechanical testing of medical implant devices includes a plurality of pins arranged to form a contacting surface with a sample holder. The pins maintain rolling contact with the sample holder during a bending phase of a fatigue cycle and reduce the effects of friction and localized differential strain on the sample holder. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090025483 | Wearable position or motion sensing systems or methods - A wearable system of one or more body position or motion sensors can include a flexible sensing element to be coupled to or worn on a body. When straight, the flexible sensing element defines a longitudinal axis. It includes a lumen carrying a flowable substance, such as a liquid, gas, or gel. A measurable parameter of the flowable substance, such as pressure, volume, or flow, provides an indication of a longitudinal axial bending, twisting, or elongation, such as due to movement of at least one body part to which the sensing element is coupled. The lumen is coupled to a transducer by at least one conduit for the flowable substance. The transducer converts the measurable parameter of the flowable substance into a transducer output signal indicative of the longitudinal axial bending, twisting, or elongation of the sensing element, from which body part position or movement information can be derived. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090084190 | Bending-detection apparatus - A bending-detection apparatus includes a sheet-shaped substrate having flexibility and a bending-detection mechanism including a sensor which measures a potential difference to detect bending deformations of the substrate and two bending-detection sections which are arranged on a surface of the substrate at different areas respectively. Each of the bending-detection sections has a piezoelectric layer provided on a surface of the substrate; plurality of first electrodes which are conducted with each other and each of which extends on a surface of the piezoelectric layer along a direction; a plurality of second electrodes which are arranged alternately with the plurality of first electrodes. An electrode-extending direction in which the first and second electrodes extend is different between the two bending-detection sections. Consequently, a bending-detection apparatus capable of detecting bending deformations in the substrate in various directions is provided. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090107251 | BEND SENSOR - A bend sensor according to one aspect of the present invention is a bend sensor for sensing a bend of a base member in a longitudinal direction comprising: the base member; and a plurality of strain sensitive elements which are disposed at different positions in a width direction on an one side surface of the base member and are disposed at two or more different positions in a thickness direction of the base member. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090272198 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING CHARACTERISTICS OF BENDED FLEXIBLE UNIT - A method for inspecting characteristics of bended flexible unit is disclosed, which comprises steps of: (a) providing a clip unit, an observing unit, a characteristic-inspecting unit and a controlling unit; said clip unit, observing unit, and characteristic-inspecting unit are electrically connected to said controlling unit which stored a predetermined radius; (b) the clip unit clips a flexible unit and bends the same; (c) the observing unit gets the lateral profile of the flexible unit and sends it to the controlling unit which calculates the bending radius thereof accordingly; and (d) the controlling unit determines if the bending radius is the same to the predetermined one; if positive, the clip unit stops and the characteristic-inspecting unit inspects the characteristic of said flexible unit; if negative, the procedure returns to step (b). | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100116064 | CLIP FOR DETECTING BENDING FORCES AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A clip for detecting bending forces and electrical characteristics is disclosed, which comprises: a base; a clipping head fixedly disposed on the base and composed of a clipping sheet and a fixing sheet combined therewith; and a force detecting unit fixedly disposed the base and contacting the clipping head; wherein the clipping head is provided with two electrodes thereon and the two electrodes contact a substrate when the clipping head clips the substrate. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110094306 | Sensor Fabric for Shape Perception - A sensor fabric has a plurality of flakes of a flexoelectric material and electrodes as threads for connecting the flakes together. Each flake has at least one pair of opposite edges connected by two separate electrodes. When the sensor fabric is placed in contact with the surface of an object, the flake is bent along the contour of the object surface. The bending of the flexoelectric flake generates a polarization voltage between its opposite edges, which can be measured via the electrodes to determine the local surface contour of the object. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110314928 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT OF BENDING STIFFNESS OF GDL FOR FUEL CELL - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for non-destructive measurement of bending stiffness of a gas diffusion layer (GDL) for a fuel cell by measuring a sagging length of a GDL sample, which can be used for a fuel cell, without damaging or destroying the GDL sample. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120024079 | TEST DEVICE FOR SEATING STRUCTURE - A method of testing a seating structure includes disposing a seat engaging member on a seat and engaging a backrest material with an anthropometric surface of a back engaging member. The back engaging member is pivotally attached to the seat engaging member. A test device kit includes a plurality of seat engaging members having different flexibilities and a plurality of back engaging members having different anthropometric rear surfaces. Each of the back engaging members is pivotally connectable with each of the plurality of seat engaging members. A method of assembling a test device includes selecting a seat engaging member from a plurality of seat engaging members having different flexibilities and selecting a back engaging member having an anthropometric rear surface from a plurality of back engaging members each having a different anthropometric rear surface, and pivotally connecting the seat engaging member with the back engaging member. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120167696 | Height Adjustment Structure of Printed Circuit Board and Height Adjustment Method Thereof - A height adjustment structure of printed circuit board and the adjustment method thereof are disclosed. The height adjustment structure includes an electronic device main body, a circuit board body and an adjusting component. The electronic device main body includes at least one fixing part. The circuit board body is disposed on a surface of the electronic device main body at which the fixing part is located. The circuit board body includes at least one stuck part, wherein the stuck part is disposed along the edge of the circuit board body and corresponds to the fixing part; further, the stuck part recesses inwards into the circuit board body to form a U shape. One end of the adjusting component movably penetrates the fixing part and being screw locked thereon, and another end of the adjusting component is embedded to the stuck part. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120186358 | APPARATUS FOR EVALUATION OF COATED PARTS - A bending test fixture for test coupons includes a test region for receiving a test coupon and first and second supports on opposed sides of the test region. One of the first or second supports includes a first pair of spaced-apart support points and the other of the first or second supports includes a second pair of spaced-apart support points that are narrowly spaced relative to the first pair of spaced-apart support points. There is a load shaft for applying a load to the second support and an articulated joint between the load shaft and the second support for uniformly distributing the load to the first support. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120198942 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SKI BOOT - The present invention refers to a method for determining the dynamic characteristics of a ski boot comprising the steps of selecting at least three parameters suitable to represent some dynamic characteristics of the boot, experimentally determining the values assumed from each of the parameters, and finally determining the dynamic behaviour of the ski boot on the basis of the combination of the values measured in the previous step. Also claimed is an apparatus for determining a parameter of dynamic behaviour of a ski boot. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120247222 | Screening Test for Stretch Flanging a Trimmed Metal Surface - A method of testing metal samples is provided to simulate stretch flanging of trimmed surfaces. A sample having planar sides and a sidewall extending between the planar sides is placed in a fixture so that the planar sides are confined. The sidewall of the sample is bent about a curved surface while restricting buckling out of a planar area. One testing machine is disclosed in which a test specimen is clamped in a die with a nesting slot while a punch bends a sample against a forming surface that has a radius. In another testing machine, a mandrel and clamping element engage the planar sides of the sample while first and second bending members engage first and second end portions to bend one of the sidewalls of the sample about the mandrel. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120285257 | BENDING TEST APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE DEVICE - Provided is a bending test apparatus for flexible substrate which may increase or maximize reliability. The bending test apparatus includes a table, a first electrode part fixing one side of a flexible substrate on the table, a guide rail disposed adjacent to the first electrode part, the guide rail extending from the one side of the flexible substrate to the other side, a slider moved along the guide rail, and a second electrode part connected to the slider, the second electrode part approaching or spacing the other side of the flexible substrate to/from the first electrode part. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130014590 | PIPE REEL LOAD SIMULATORAANM Taylor, JR.; Leland HarrisAACI HoustonAAST TXAACO USAAGP Taylor, JR.; Leland Harris Houston TX USAANM Suschitz; LucaAACI HoustonAAST TXAACO USAAGP Suschitz; Luca Houston TX US - An arrangement of elements which are used to restrain and deflect a pipe specimen to a prescribed form with precisely controlled loads. A rigid frame includes a movable pipe bending form to which one end of a pipe specimen is connected and a rotating table to which the second end of the pipe specimen is connected. Means for assessing the drive torque used to draw the pipe specimen over the pipe bending form is provided in the form of a load cell. The rotating table is used in combination with a travelling pipe end truck foundation to generate a bending moment in the pipe specimen in the same plane as the pipe specimen is being bent by the pipe bending form. By the use of precise loads on the pipe specimen, computer analysis of the simulated reeling of the given pipe construction will produce predictions of the reeling tension, shear, and bending moment in the pipe at the point of the travelling pipe end as this point on the pipe approaches contact with the reel. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130074607 | Quality Assurance and Reliability Testing Apparatus for RFID Tags - A novel RFID tag-bending test apparatus and a related method of using the novel RFID tag-bending test apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the novel RFID tag-bending test apparatus can place a plurality of RFID tags in corresponding tag holding clips on the novel RFID tag-bending test apparatus to execute a bending test sequence along a particular bending axis for each RFID tag. The bending test sequence can assist identifying defective RFID tags which cannot overcome external bending pressures asserted by the novel RFID tag-bending test apparatus. By excluding these defective RFID tags from a commercial shipment of RFID tags to customers, a manufacturer of RFID tags may be able to reduce a rate of premature RFID tag failures due to external bending pressures in real-life applications of RFID tags, thereby achieving a higher quality assurance and reliability of RFID tags. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130220024 | TEST APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AXIAL STRESSES IN A STRUCTURE - The invention provides a test apparatus for providing axial stresses in a structure, comprising a first set of formations for abutting a first surface of the structure at a first plurality of locations, a second set of formations for abutting a second surface of the structure at a second plurality of locations, and a force actuator, and wherein each set of formations comprises at least three formations and wherein at least two formations in each set of formations are aligned with a notional alignment line along the structure and at least one formation in each set of formations is out of alignment along the structure with said notional alignment line, such that when the force actuator applies a force, loads are applied at different locations, causing the structure to bend biaxially and thereby providing biaxial stresses in the structure. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140116152 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ANGULAR POSITION - A system and method for determining an angular position of a spine of an elongated cylindrical object. The system includes a support structure configured to hold an elongated cylindrical object. The support structure includes a stop shaped and positioned to arrest and prevent lateral motion of an elongated cylindrical object beyond a predefined position. The support structure includes a first rotation facilitation device and a second rotation facilitation device configured to facilitate free rotation of an elongated cylindrical object about a long axis thereof. The system includes a weight configured to provide a consistent deflection force. The weight includes a third rotation facilitation device configured to facilitate free rotation of an elongated cylindrical object engaged therewith about a long axis thereof. The system includes a marking slot disposed through a surface of the support structure and configured to provide an aperture to mark an elongated cylindrical object. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123766 | SELF-CALIBRATING RESISTIVE FLEXURE SENSOR - A variable resistance flexure sensor, and a system and method of controlling an appliance using a variable resistance flexure sensor are provided. The sensor can include a substrate having a flexible portion and a non-flexible portion. A plurality of electrically resistive elements, such as a first resistive element and a second resistive element, can be disposed on the substrate where at least one resistive element is exclusively within the non-flexible portion of the substrate and at least one resistive element is within the flexible portion of the substrate. The resistive element within the non-flexible portion of the substrate can act as a reference resistance for the flexure sensor and can be used as, or as part of, a biasing network for the electrically resistive element within the flexible portion of the substrate. The flexure sensor can be used within an appliance to detect various conditions such as temperature, moisture, etc. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140150566 | Device for transversely supporting a longitudinal test tube, and equipment for determining the mechanical bending properties of such a test tube - A device for the transverse retention of a longitudinal test specimen and apparatus for the mechanical characterization in bending of such a test specimen. The test specimen includes a web and at least one main flange connected to one end of said web. The device includes a body in which there is formed a housing which is shaped to house said test specimen transversally and which has a main bearing face against which one face of said web is intended to press; and a mobile clamp formed so as to press said web against said main bearing face. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140331781 | FLEXIBLE DEVICE, AND APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DETECTING SHAPE OF FLEXIBLE DEVICE - A flexible device including sensors for shape detection is provided. The flexible device includes a measurement unit including a plurality of bending sensors disposed along at least one edge of the flexible device, and configured to output measurement values sensed by the plurality of bending sensors, and a controller configured to detect a position of at least one curve point on the flexible device by receiving the sensed measurements values from the measurement unit, and to detect at least one bending line of the flexing device according to information about positions of curve points, which are detected on at least two different sides of the flexible device. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150007669 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MEASURING A STRAIN OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A measurement pigment composition including pigment particles may be coated on a surrounding area of a display panel to form a strain measuring part. A strain of the display device may be measured by using 3D images of the strain measuring part. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150033870 | TEST APPARATUS FOR A FLEXIBLE DEVICE - A test apparatus for a flexible device includes a rotational driving unit, a first support, and a second support. The rotational driving unit is configured to generate a rotational force. The first support is coupled to the rotational driving unit, and is configured to rotate in response to the rotational force and support a first portion of the flexible device. The second support is disposed adjacent to the first support and is configured to support a second portion of the flexible device. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150053018 | FILM ELASTICITY TESTING METHOD FOR COATED PARTS - A test method for evaluating elasticity of a coating. A coating is applied onto a conductive substrate to form a test specimen. The test specimen is bent into a shape having a bend axis and a bend area having a radius of curvature that increases along the bend axis from a first end to a second end of the test specimen. Conductivity of the coating is measured at a plurality of different measurement points at different distances along the bend axis within the bend area. The measured conductivity values are correlated to the distances along the bend axis to determine an elongation limit of the coating. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150354948 | FLATNESS MEASURING AND MEASURING OF RESIDUAL STRESSES FOR A METALLIC FLAT PRODUCT - A method and apparatus for flatness measuring and measuring of residual stresses in a metallic flat product ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 073850000 | Weld testing | 5 |
| 20090007693 | METHOD OF DETERMINING DETERIORATION OF PRESSURIZING PERFORMANCE OF SPOT WELDING GUN - A method of determining deterioration of pressurizing performance of a spot welding, the method having: obtaining reference data that reflect a dynamic state of a servo motor in a case where a movable side electrode tip is operated normally and a wok piece is pressurized by a specified pressurizing force; performing data processing on the reference data to extract a reference characteristic value; obtaining diagnostic data that reflect a dynamic state of the servo motor in a case where a operational state of the movable side electrode tip changes and the work piece is no longer pressurized by a specified pressurizing force; performing data processing on the diagnostic data to extract a diagnostic characteristic value; and determining deterioration of pressurizing performance of the spot welding gun based on the reference characteristic value and the diagnostic characteristic value. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090084191 | Pressure detector and method of manufacturing the same - In a manufacturing method of a pressure detector, a first member that includes a sensing portion for outputting an electric signal in accordance with a pressure, a second member that includes a pressure-receiving diaphragm, and a pressure transmission member are prepared. The pressure transmission member is disposed between the sensing portion and the pressure-receiving diaphragm and the first member and the second member are welded in a state where the pressure is applied from the pressure-receiving diaphragm to the sensing portion through the pressure transmission member. One of the first member and the second member are strained so that a preliminary load, which is applied from the pressure-receiving diaphragm to the sensing portion through the pressure transmission member in a state where no external pressure is applied to the pressure-receiving diaphragm, meets a predetermined value. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20110088482 | Material for tensile and HCF tests for the testing of buildup welds and method - A material specimen is provided. The material specimen for tensile or HCF tests includes two welds arranged opposite one another on the specimen which do not touch. The welds are arranged symmetrically in relation to a plane or mirror symmetrically in relation to a longitudinal axis of the specimen which extends parallel to the line of effective force. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20130055824 | Weld Strength Test - A push test fixture having a cradle and a load pin is provided along with a test sample that reasonably represents the strength and quality of the original welds that hold the wrap wires and axial wires of the sample together. The test sample is placed in the push test fixture such that a particular weld on the test sample is aligned between the cradle and the load pin. A load is applied through the weld using the load pin, and a strength property such as the ultimate strength or the yield strength of the weld is determined. The cradle helps maintain the original, as-wrapped curvature of the wrap wire. The test samples can come, for example, from direct wrap filters or wire-wrap jackets. The strength property can be determined for at least every third wrap wire of the test sample. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20150128719 | ASSEMBLY LINE QUALITY CONTROL CART AND METHOD - Disclosed are assembly line equipment maintenance devices and methods. A maintenance cart is selectively engaged to a transport conveyor and integrated into a moving assembly line. The cart can include maintenance tools to refurbish robot end effector tools or replacement tools engageable by robot wrists. The maintenance or replacement tools can include a variety of maintenance equipment including weld tip dressing tools, weld force gauges, replacement weld guns, and test coupon disks. | 05-14-2015 |
| 073851000 | To failure or fracture | 11 |
| 20080210015 | FAILURE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A failure analysis system ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080216585 | CONSTANT MOMENT TESTING DEVICE FOR ELONGATED MEMBERS - A testing device applies a load controlled bending moment which is constant along a length of an elongated member. The testing device also includes a drive system which rotates the elongated member while the bending load is applied to rapidly find defects which may only appear at a particular rotational position to determine whether the bending stiffness is uniform about the entire diameter of the elongated member. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080264179 | Method and Apparatus for Testing Shafts - Methods and apparatus are provided for testing shafts, such as golf club shafts. In one embodiment, the invention can be characterized as a shaft tester comprising: a frame; a first shaft support supporting a first portion of a shaft at a first fixed position; a second shaft support supporting a second portion of the shaft at a second fixed position; and a third shaft support supporting a third portion of the shaft at a third fixed position. An actuator couples to the third shaft support to displace the third portion relative to the first and second portions to deflect the shaft. A sensor couples to one of the first, second and third supports outputting a signal corresponding to a force exerted by the shaft due. A controller controls displacement of the shaft. In some embodiments, the shaft is rotated while being deflected. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100313672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING SHAFTS - Methods and apparatus are provided for testing shafts, such as golf club shafts. In one embodiment, the invention can be characterized as a shaft tester comprising: a frame; a first shaft support supporting a first portion of a shaft at a first fixed position; a second shaft support supporting a second portion of the shaft at a second fixed position; and a third shaft support supporting a third portion of the shaft at a third fixed position. An actuator couples to the third shaft support to displace the third portion relative to the first and second portions to deflect the shaft. A sensor couples to one of the first, second and third supports outputting a signal corresponding to a force exerted by the shaft due. A controller controls displacement of the shaft. In some embodiments, the shaft is rotated while being deflected. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110094307 | COMPACT PIPE SPECIMEN - A compact pipe specimen applicable to a fracture toughness test used to evaluate physical properties of a pipe material is provided. The compact pipe specimen includes: a pipe having a notch portion formed in a circumferential direction and a crack portion formed at the edge of the notch portion; and first and second jigs having openings to which a pressurizing unit is coupled so as to cause a bending load on the pipe, having the notch portion therebetween, and attached to the exterior surface of the pipe, respectively. It is unnecessary to correct the influence of a constraint effect due to varying sizes and shapes of the specimen. There is no restriction to the curvature and thickness of a pipe. A fracture behavior of a pipe crack portion can be precisely simulated. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20140174195 | TESTING METHOD OF BENDING STRESS AND TESTING APPARATUS THEREOF - A testing method of bending stress and a testing apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A stress distribution model of a structure to be tested is built. Next, a testing sample of the structure to be tested is provided, and a force is applied on two ends of the testing sample to bend the testing sample till it breaks at a breaking point, so as to obtain a first distance between the two ends of the testing sample when the testing sample breaks, or a second distance from the breaking point to a closer end of the two ends. Next, a maximum principle stress value of the stress distribution model or a break point principle stress value at the breaking point of the stress distribution model is obtained according to the first distance or the second distance. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140182392 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BREAKAGE TESTING OF SMALL ARTICLES - Apparatus, systems and methods for testing brittle articles, such as glass or ceramic articles are disclosed. The testing is provided by a test apparatus that imposes a bending test to a brittle article. The testing is also well suited for testing small scale brittle articles which are too small to utilize conventional multi-point testing or ring-on-ring testing. In addition, the testing is also well suited for testing brittle articles that have one or more apertures (or holes) therein which can impact their ability to resist breakage. For example, the quality of one or more apertures provided in brittle articles can affect breakage levels and thus can be monitored and/or adjusted through testing. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140238145 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT - A method for use in determining hydrogen embrittlement in a plated sample is provided. The method includes positioning the plated sample between a first holding member and a second holding member, moving the second holding member towards the first holding member to bend the plated sample, and applying a static load to the plated sample for a predetermined duration of time. The static load is applied by bending the plated sample to a distance between the first and second holding members that is a predetermined percentage of a baseline ultimate failure distance of the plated sample. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150114132 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER - The present invention provides a method for evaluating a semiconductor wafer concerning a breaking strength of a notch portion of the semiconductor wafer, comprising: applying a load to a notch portion of the semiconductor wafer to be evaluated toward the center of the wafer such that the notch portion of the semiconductor wafer is broken; and evaluating the breaking strength of the notch portion. The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for evaluating a semiconductor wafer that can evaluate the breaking strength of a notch portion of a semiconductor wafer with higher precision and higher sensitivity. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20160161382 | METAL SHEET BENDING FRACTURE DETERMINATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A bending fracture limit stress is calculated for each of (bend radius at sheet thickness center of a metal sheet)/(initial sheet thickness of the metal sheet); a fracture limit curve and a fracture limit stress are calculated from work hardening characteristics; a fracture limit curve corresponding to (the metal sheet bend radius at sheet thickness center)/(the initial sheet thickness of the metal sheet) is calculated; a corresponding fracture limit stress is calculated from stress of the element subject to determination and the fracture limit curve; a risk ratio that is a ratio between the stress of the element subject to determination and the fracture limit stress is computed; and performing fracture determination for the element subject to determination based on the risk ratio. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160195460 | MEASURING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A SPECIMEN | 07-07-2016 |
| 073852000 | Loading means intermediate stationary end holders or supports | 3 |
| 20080229844 | GLASS TESTING APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for testing the structural integrity of glass. Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for testing glass by applying one or more stresses to the glass in a controlled manner. Embodiments of the invention may hold a sheet of glass and may subject the glass to a variety of stresses by flexing, twisting, vibrating, etc. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090019942 | EQUIPMENT AND METHOD TO DETECT FLEXIBLE DEVICES - A device and a method are provided for checking whether when an object has a sufficiently. The object to be examined extends in an object plane. A force exertion device exerts a force on the held object such that the force includes a force component at right angles to the object plane. A fan generates a flow of a fluid which hits a movement area of the object. A holding device holds the object so that the object is held flat in a holding subsurface of the object plane and is movable in a movement area located outside the holding subsurface at right angles to the object plane. A measuring device tests whether the force produced by the force exertion device causes the movement area of the object to be deflected by a distance at right angles to the object plane which is greater than a predetermined limit. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090260451 | FATIGUE TEST APPARATUS FOR THIN ELEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A fatigue test apparatus for thin workpiece includes a supporting module, a driving mechanism, a first connecting module, a second connecting module, a first holding post, a second holding post and a computer system. The first and second connecting modules are respectively fixed to two sides of the supporting module. Ends of the first holding post and the second holding post are fixed to the first and second connecting modules. The computer system electronically connects with and controls the driving mechanism. The first holding post and the second holding post are drive to rotate by the driving mechanism. | 10-22-2009 |
| 073853000 | Having opposite ends of specimen clamped | 2 |
| 20150369703 | TREAD CRACKING INSPECTION DEVICE - The present invention comprises methods and apparatus for inspecting a tread. Such methods include providing a tread having a top side and a bottom side, one of the top and bottom sides including a tread feature extending into the thickness of the tread. Such methods further include bending mechanically a transverse extent of the tread relative the tread thickness along a portion of the tread to be inspected about a bending member to form a bent portion of the tread, the portion of the tread to be inspected including the tread feature such that the step of bending expands the tread feature to further expose a depth of the tread feature within the thickness of the tread for inspection. Such further methods include constraining the tread on opposing sides of the portion of the tread to be inspected to maintain the bent portion of the tread in a bent arrangement. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160103048 | Folding Test Machine - A folding test machine to measure the durability against folding can be operated by minor adjustment even if a radius of curvature of the folding or an arc length of the folding is changed. A fixed wall and a moveable wall are opposingly provided in an approximately box-shaped frame and a holding part to hold a workpiece is provided on the top of each of the fixed wall and the moveable wall in a rotatable manner in a vertical plane of the rotation. And the workpiece and a plate spring are held on the respective opposing end portions so as to be bridged between the fixed wall and the moveable wall in a curved manner such that the moveable wall is moved closer to and farther from the fixed wall repeatedly such that the work is folded repeatedly. | 04-14-2016 |
| 073854000 | By angular displacement of opposite ends of specimen | 1 |
| 20100236336 | MULIPLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER - A multiple degree of freedom displacement transducer and body thereof is used to measure linear displacements along and/or rotational or pivotal displacements about up to three orthogonal axes. In one embodiment, a displacement transducer body includes a first pivoting assembly and a second pivoting assembly. Each pivoting assembly has a support member pivotable relative to another portion about two orthogonal axes. A structure joins said another portion of each pivoting assembly together. In another embodiment, a displacement transducer includes a first support member, a second support member, and a cross flexure assembly joining the first support member to the second support member. The cross flexure assembly is arranged to allow the first support member to pivot relative to the second support member about two intersecting orthogonal axes. An angular sensing device is arranged to provide an output signal related to angular movement of the first support member relative to the second support member about at least one of the orthogonal axes. | 09-23-2010 |
