ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,480, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to GRINDOSONIC BV (Leuven, Belgium).
"Support bed for impact measurements" was invented by Alex Van Den Bossche (Neerijse, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact excitation measurement system includes a temperature controlled testing chamber, an impactor, a sensor system and a support system. The impactor is configured to, at any testing temperature within a testing temperature range of between 0deg C. and 1600deg C. The sensor system is configured to obtain a vibrational response of the test piece to the impact provided to the test piece by the impactor. The support system includes a be...