ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,852, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Hunan, China).
"Pretension and tensile impact test apparatus capable of simulating full-sea-depth environment" was invented by Yongping Jin (Xiangtan, China), Fenfei Peng (Xiangtan, China) and Deshun Liu (Xiangtan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pre-tension and tensile impact test apparatus capable of simulating a full-sea-depth environment includes a pre-tensioning device, a Hopkinson bar device, a seawater pressure simulation device, a power source group and an acquisition control unit. The Hopkinson bar device includes an input rod, an air ...