US 12,282,005 B2
Technique for testing the ball dent properties of a sample
Young Shin Kim, Cincinnati, OH (US); Young Chul Yang, Seoul (KR); and Soohee Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Tiocona LLC, Florence, KY (US)
Filed by Ticona LLC, Florence, KY (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/074,552.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/288,685, filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0184649 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 3/303 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 3/303 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ball dent testing apparatus comprising an actuator in communication with a trigger assembly, wherein the trigger assembly comprises a tip including a first end defining a radiused terminus and an opposing second end, and wherein the tip further comprises a trigger rod extending from the second end of the tip to a trigger rod end.