ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,817, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GRINDOSONIC BV (Leuven, Belgium).
"Piece holder and support system for impact excitation 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 (IE) measurement system is for measuring the vibrational response of a solid piece to an impulse impact, and comprises: an impactor; a sensor for obtaining a vibrational response of the solid piece to the impact; a support system for supporting the solid piece during providing the impact and obtaining the vibrational response; a positioning table comprising: a piece holder configured to ...