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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US);
Trevor Looney, Tulsa, OK (US);
Michael F. Schmitz, South Bixby, OK (US);
Jeffrey S. Volz, Norman, OK (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (US);
Abstract
A test apparatus and method for applying one or more tensile loads to a sample and for testing attributes of the sample exposed to the one or more tensile loads. The test apparatus includes a housing that has a plurality of interconnected sides that contain the sample during testing and provide a rigid support structure to offset the tensile loads applied to the sample. The test apparatus includes one or more force application assemblies that are each configured to apply a particular tensile load on the sample. Each of the force application assemblies includes an anchor for securing the sample to the housing, a connector attached to an opposite side of the sample from the corresponding anchor, and a tension rod assembly configured to apply the tensile load between the housing and the sample.