US Patent Issued to GEOMECHANICAL SERVICES AND INNOVATIONS on Sept. 8 for "System and method for measuring stress in a rock mass" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,624, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GEOMECHANICAL SERVICES AND INNOVATIONS INC. (Sudbury, Canada).

"System and method for measuring stress in a rock mass" was invented by Siavash Taghipoor (Sudbury, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for measuring stress in a rock mass using sleeve fracturing are provided. A system for measuring stress in the rock mass includes an expandable sleeve insertable into a borehole formed in the rock mass and operable to apply a radially outward force against a wall of the borehole by expansion of the sleeve. A positive displacement pump is operatively connected to the sleeve and ...