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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Mentis Sciences, Inc., Manchester, NH (US);
John J. Dignam, Methuen, MA (US);
Dennis P. Chou, Townson, MA (US);
Glen C. Bousquet, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Mentis Sciences, Inc., Manchester, NH (US);
Abstract
This invention is an apparatus consisting of components that can be assembled and reassembled in various configurations allowing students to perform multiple physics and engineering experiments, with sensors and electronics integrated into the apparatus that allowing extraction of data via integrated data links, while computing and displaying results graphically in near real time. The principal component of the system is a linear drive system with a movable carriage, the position of which is measureable by various rotary and linear encoders. Load cells are able to measure forces of compression and tension. Temperature and Pressure sensors are able to measure gas pressure and the thermal conductivity of materials. The various components of this flexible educational tool can be disassembled and stored in a portable 'toolkit', the size of a small briefcase.