US 11,852,613 B2
Testing machine with actuator and column brace
Paul Carroll, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Dmitrii Pokhil, Arden Hills, MN (US); and Byron Saari, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to MTS Systems Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by MTS Systems Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/148,267.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,178, filed on Jan. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0215587 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01N 3/02 (2006.01); G01N 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 3/08 (2013.01) [G01N 3/02 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0016 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0042 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A testing machine comprising:
a column connector;
a base;
at least a pair of columns joined to the column connector and extending through the base;
a crosshead joined to the columns at a location spaced apart from the base;
at least a pair of specimen holders, wherein a first specimen holder is supported by the crosshead and faces the base, and a second specimen holder is disposed between the first specimen holder and the base;
an actuator connected to one of the specimen holders; and
a brace connected to each of the columns and spanning between and structurally joining the columns, the brace being connected to each of the columns at a location along a length thereof between the base and the crosshead.