US 12,270,734 B2
Fastener testing system and apparatus
Daniel Shaw, Middletown, CT (US); Thomas Buckley, Lebanon, CT (US); Philippe Huber, North Branford, CT (US); Ornella Tempo, Wethersfield, CT (US); Robert Dunkel, Mississauga (CA); Jess P. Carlson, Chagrin Falls, OH (US); Donald C. Fuchs, Mentor, OH (US); Nicholas E. Stanca, Westlake, OH (US); Paul D. Stephens, Twinsburg, OH (US); and James E. Szpak, Cleveland Heights, OH (US)
Assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Filed by Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf (DE)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,504.
Application 17/712,504 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/054206, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/910,107, filed on Oct. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283053 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G01M 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 7/027 (2013.01) [G01M 7/022 (2013.01); G01M 7/025 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vibration testing apparatus comprising:
a test station including a first member and a second member defining an opening configured to receive a test piece therein, the second member configured to slide in reciprocating transverse motion relative to the first member; and
a motorized drive assembly, the motorized drive assembly configured to drive the second member in the reciprocating transverse motion relative to the first member;
wherein the test piece includes a fastener, a first joint member and a second joint member, the fastener coupling the first joint member together with the second joint member; and
wherein the first member and the second member are configured such that the second member vibrates the second joint member of the test piece relative to the first joint member of the test piece when the second member slides in reciprocating motion relative to the first member.