US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 25 for "Tension load fixture and method for evaluating fracture behavior of a composite material" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,850, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Tension load fixture and method for evaluating fracture behavior of a composite material" was invented by Joseph D. Schaefer (Richmond Heights, Mo.), Brian P. Justusson (Saint Peters, Mo.) and Haozhong Gu (Ballwin, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tension load fixture for applying tension or loading forces to a specimen comprises a pair of tension arms and an imaging device. The pair of tension arms are configured to releasably couple to opposite end regions of a specimen and to apply tension or loading forces to the specimen. The specimen is configured to be posi...