US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Aug. 11 for "Power circulating test systems and methods for wear testing" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,446, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Power circulating test systems and methods for wear testing" was invented by Chase Huston (Sultan, Wash.) and Chris Nelson (Gig Harbor, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a power-circulating transmission having a plurality of transmission components arranged in series to circulate motion along a continuous loop and a test article coupled to the power-circulating transmission. The system includes a clutch, a brake, a starting-torque motor, a running motor, and a running-torque motor. The brake selectively couples or decouples the transmission...