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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2019
Gerber Technology Llc, Tolland, CT (US);
Scott M Frankel, Berkeley, CA (US);
James F O'Brien, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Nathan Mitchell, Richmond, CA (US);
David T Jackson, Redwood City, CA (US);
GERBER TECHNOLOGY LLC, Tolland, CT (US);
Abstract
A material testing apparatus comprising a frame having three or more tracks, and a plurality of mounts positioned within the three or more tracks. The mounts including an attachment mechanism to attach the mounts to a material being tested. The mounts including a force measurement elements. Some of the mounts free mounts that move in a track slot within the track, the free mounts free to move to any position within the track slot. The apparatus further comprising a data collector to collect data from the force measurement elements in the mounts when the material is placed under stress, to characterize the material.