US Patent Issued to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION on Aug. 25 for "Apparatus and method for measuring dynamic torque for determining frequency-dependent shear in viscoelastic materials" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,822, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pa.).

"Apparatus and method for measuring dynamic torque for determining frequency-dependent shear in viscoelastic materials" was invented by Nicholas Vlajic (University Park, Pa.) and Benjamin Beck (University Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for determining the complex shear modulus of compliant viscoelastic specimens includes at least one magnet configured to provide a magnetic field; a specimen and a motor secured to the end of the specimen, wherein the motor is positioned proximate to the magnet such that the motor i...