US Patent Issued to The Florida State University Research Foundation on Aug. 25 for "Mold and testing fixture for fiber interface strength test" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,819, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Mold and testing fixture for fiber interface strength test" was invented by Rebekah Sweat (Tallahassee, Fla.), Gerald Horne (Tallahassee, Fla.), Ayou Hao (Tallahassee, Fla.), Ana De Leon (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Mehul Tank (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a mold for forming composite samples for a pullout test. The mold includes a body having a first surface and a second surface spaced apart from the first surface. The first surface defines one or more slots and one or mor...