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Spring performance tester for miniature extension springs
United States Patent
| 9,651,464 | |
| May 16, 2017 | |
| View the Complete Patent at the US Patent & Trademark Office | |
| Miniature Spring Performance Tester | |
| A spring performance tester and method of testing a spring are disclosed that has improved accuracy and precision over prior art spring testers. The tester can perform static and cyclic testing. The spring tester can provide validation for product acceptance as well as test for cyclic degradation of springs, such as the change in the spring rate and fatigue failure. | |
| 14/477,196 | |
| September 4, 2014 | |
| 1/1; | |
| G01L 1/04 (20060101); G01N 3/26 (20060101); G01N 3/02 (20060101); | |
| GOVERNMENT RIGHTS The Government has rights to this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-AC04-94AL85000 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy. |