US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Sept. 8 for "Sustained load fixture and methods of placing a specimen in tension" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,045, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Sustained load fixture and methods of placing a specimen in tension" was invented by Hawken S. Downs (Marysville, Wash.) and Brian Scott Kasperson (Snoqualmie, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sustained load fixture and methods of use. The sustained load fixture comprises a force applicator within an outer housing; a first specimen mount secured to the outer housing and configured to hold a first end of a specimen to be loaded; a second specimen mount secured to an inner housing and configured to hold a second end of the specimen to be loaded; and the inner...