US 11,892,361 B2
Device and method to measure temperature during tribological examination of materials
Carlos Sanchez, San Antonio, TX (US); Michael Moneer, San Antonio, TX (US); and Peter Lee, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US)
Assigned to SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,413.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,182, filed on Dec. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0187141 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G01K 7/02 (2021.01); G01N 19/00 (2006.01); G01K 1/14 (2021.01); G01N 33/30 (2006.01); G01N 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 7/02 (2013.01) [G01N 19/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample holder for a test body for a tribological testing device comprising: a base portion having a first recessed area for placement of a test body; a hollow support engaged to the base portion having a first inner opening diameter ID1 that is proximate the base portion and a second inner opening diameter ID2 that is distal to the base portion, where ID1<ID2, wherein said first and second opening diameters are configured to contain a thermocouple that extends into the base portion to engage with the test body placed therein; and an elongated insert positioned between the base portion and the hollow support.