ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,047, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GRINDOSONIC BV (Leuven, Belgium).
"Impact device 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 device for imparting an impulse impact to a work piece during an impact excitation measurement, includes an elongated elastic bendable arm which is elastically deformable around a bending direction, and has a proximal longitudinal end and a distal longitudinal end; a hammer tip for mechanically providing an impact to the work piece, and attached to the distal end of the arm; and a programmable actuator attached to t...