US 12,460,998 B2
Apparatus and method for applying tensile force to samples
Trevor Looney, Tulsa, OK (US); Michael F. Schmitz, South Bixby, OK (US); and Jeffrey S. Volz, Norman, OK (US)
Assigned to The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US)
Filed by The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,302.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/291,241, filed on Dec. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0194401 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01N 3/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/38 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 3/08 (2013.01) [G01N 3/066 (2013.01); G01N 33/383 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0017 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0429 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0617 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A test apparatus for applying one or more tensile loads to a test sample, the test apparatus comprising:
a housing, wherein the housing comprises at least a first side, and a second side opposite the first side; and
one or more force application assemblies each configured to apply a corresponding tensile load to the test sample, wherein each of the one or more force application assemblies comprises:
an anchor engageable with a first side of the test sample and the first side of the housing;
a connector engageable with a second side of the test sample, wherein the second side of the test sample is opposite the first side of the test sample;
a tension rod assembly attached to the connector; and
wherein the connector comprises a clevis bracket and the anchor comprises a plinth.