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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2022
Applicant:
United Launch Alliance, L.l.c., Centennial, CO (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Sheridan Kelly, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE, L.L.C., Centennial, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/60 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0017 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0019 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for conducting thermal condition testing on a test object or objects where a first test fixture in contact with a test object has a first temperature and a second test fixture in contact with the test object has a second temperature. The test object or objects may also be secured to the text fixtures which permits a force or load placed on one or both test fixtures to be applied to the test object or objects while subjected to a temperature gradient from the test fixtures. The applied force or load may be tensile of compressive.