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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:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen M McMahon, Quincy, MA (US);
Assignee:
Instron Corporation, Canton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
33787 ;
Abstract
An extensometer for measuring strain in a materials test speciment including a frame, a pair of arms each having one end for contacting a portion of the specimen and a remote end, and a noncontact sensor assembly mounted on the arms to measure change in distance between the contact ends, the arms being pivotally supported between the ends by the frame at the centers of gravity of the arms and attached components of the sensor, to permit the arms to be freely pivotal.