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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:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vogel P. Grote, Jordan, MN (US);
Douglas K. Hansen, Bloomington, MN (US);
Michael E. Bloom, Oak Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
MTS Systems Corporation, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 ;
Abstract
A test specimen holder for holding a test specimen in a material testing machine includes screw operated actuators with removable blocks of material. Preferably, a plurality of blocks of material is provided with a varying degree of compliance. Alignment guides indicating the relative position of jaw plates are also provided.