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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Inventor:
David M. Catanzarite, Edinboro, PA (US);
Assignee:
LORD Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 13/00 (2019.01); F16F 1/40 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 13/00 (2013.01); F16F 1/406 (2013.01); G01N 21/8803 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0047 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present subject matter relates to devices, systems, and methods for indicating degradation in a component having one or more elastomeric elements. For example, a degradation indicator can include an indicator element in communication with at least a portion of the one or more elastomeric elements, wherein the indicator element is configured to show visible degradation or damage when a specific and predetermined condition of the one or more elastomeric elements is reached.