ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,999, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Product Innovation and Engineering LLC (St. James, Mo.).
"Tensile testing apparatus" was invented by Connor Lane Coward (Arvada, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tensile testing apparatus includes a specimen cartridge and a jaw actuator. The jaw actuator is operable to grip and pull a specimen in tension. The specimen cartridge is operable for holding multiple specimens. The specimen cartridge is rotatable for sequentially presenting specimens to the jaw actuator."
The patent was filed on Sept. 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/901,037.
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