US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on May 12 for "Systems and methods for rapid force-based measurements of residual stress" (Mississippi, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,021, issued on May 12, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Systems and methods for rapid force-based measurements of residual stress" was invented by Dale Cillessen (Sandia Park, N.M.) and Kyle Leslie Johnson (Starkville, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that directly measures forces caused by residual stresses in components. The components may be manufactured components including via Additive Manufacturing (AM). The system and method may use a small force sensor fitted onto a part of the component and a force sensor may be placed/fitted near a region ...