Shock test assembly
AssigneeHoneywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
InventorsClark Busenitz, Weston A. McGuire
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Abstract
An assembly for shock testing a specimen, the assembly including first and second opposing brackets and opposing lower and upper caps. The opposing brackets include lower and upper angled surfaces. The lower cap includes lower angled surfaces configured to engage the lower angled surfaces of the left and right brackets. The upper cap includes upper angled surfaces configured to engage the upper angled surfaces of the left and right brackets. The first and second brackets are configured to be drawn toward each other via fasteners, thereby wedging the lower and upper caps toward each other against the specimen.
Claims20
An assembly for shock testing a specimen having a lower side and an upper side, the assembly comprising:
- first and second opposing brackets configured to be positioned laterally relative to each other and configured to be drawn toward each other in a direction non-parallel to a compression direction;
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- a cap having a surface and a side opposite the surface, the surface being configured to abut one of the lower side and upper side of the specimen,
- wherein the first and second opposing brackets each impart a force on the cap via the side of the cap when the first and second opposing brackets are drawn together so that the cap imparts a compressive force in the compression direction on the specimen.
A method of shock testing a specimen, the method comprising:
- positioning opposing first and second brackets laterally near opposing lateral sides of the specimen;
- abutting one of a lower side and upper side of the specimen with a surface of a cap;
- drawing the first and second brackets toward each other in a direction non-parallel to a compression direction so that the first and second brackets impart a force on the cap;
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- imparting a compressive force in the compression direction on the specimen via the cap in reaction to the force imparted on the cap.
A method of shock testing a specimen, the method comprising:
- positioning opposing first and second brackets laterally near opposing sides of the specimen, the opposing first and second brackets each including upper angled surface and lower angled surfaces;
- abutting a lower side of the specimen with an upper surface of a wedge-shaped lower cap, the wedge-shaped lower cap including first and second angled surfaces;
- abutting an upper side of the specimen with a lower surface of a wedge-shaped upper cap, the wedge-shaped upper cap including first and second angled surfaces;
- drawing the first and second brackets toward each other in a direction non-parallel to a compression direction such that the lower angled surfaces of the first and second brackets engage the first and second angled surfaces of the lower cap and such that the upper angled surfaces of the first and second brackets engage the first and second angled surfaces of the upper cap so that the opposing first and second brackets impart a force on the cap;
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- imparting a compressive force in the compression direction on the specimen via the cap in reaction to the force imparted on the cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.