US Patent Issued to Stress Engineering Services on Sept. 9 for "Torque and combined load fixture and test method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,067, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Stress Engineering Services Inc. (Houston).

"Torque and combined load fixture and test method" was invented by Matthew Sanders (Cypress, Texas) and Jack E. Miller (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for testing a specimen with pressure, applying a torque using one or more plates coupled to the test specimen, applying a bending moment, and/or applying an axial load, either separately or simultaneously, with or without rotating the specimen, and without the applied forces interfering with each other."

The patent was filed on April 18, 2024, under Application No. 18/63...