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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Roman Surowiec, Redford, MI (US);
Edward J. Stadler, Jr., Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/307 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/307 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stone impact simulator is provided. That stone impact simulator includes a projectile propulsion section to propel a projectile toward a test sample and a projectile capture section to capture the projectile after the projectile ricochets off of the test sample. The projectile capture section includes a rebound block, a spent projectile storage compartment and a projectile energy dissipation element between the rebound block and the spent projectile storage compartment.