US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Materials Technologies on May 26 for "System and method to measure material ductility and toughness using cutting blades" (Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,379, issued on May 26, was assigned to Massachusetts Materials Technologies LLC (Natick, Mass.).

"System and method to measure material ductility and toughness using cutting blades" was invented by Simon C. Bellemare (Weston, Mass.), Ryan Lacy (Somerville, Mass.), Brendon Willey (Waldoboro, Maine) and Bryan Feigel (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material toughness testing apparatus includes a stylus having at least two cutting blades configured to engage with the sample and spaced apart to define a stretch passage therebetween and a stylus transport system configured to move the stylus along a path trajectory as the c...