US Patent Issued on Oct. 28 for "Methods and systems for monitoring stress in a tendon in concrete post-tensioning" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,582, issued on Oct. 28.

"Methods and systems for monitoring stress in a tendon in concrete post-tensioning" was invented by Felix Sorkin (Stafford, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure pertains to a process for monitoring stress applied to a tendon by a hydraulic jack during tensioning of concrete. The process may include measuring an amount of hydraulic fluid that flows through the hydraulic jack during tensioning. The measured amount of hydraulic fluid is correlated with an amount of stress applied per unit of hydraulic fluid to determine a total amount of stress employed on the tendon. The process may also i...