US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on July 14 for "Methods and apparatuses for fatigue testing of structural components" (District Of Columbia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,929, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Methods and apparatuses for fatigue testing of structural components" was invented by John G. Michopoulos (Washington), Athanasios P. Iliopoulos (Bethesda, Md.), John C. Steuben (Washington) and Benjamin Graber (College Partk, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for multiple degree-of-freedom fatigue testing of a specimen. The apparatus includes a first platform, a second platform, a plurality of actuator assemblies, a load cell, a mounting plate, a specimen supp...