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US 12,222,302 B2Granted
Imaging environment testing fixture and methods thereof
AssigneeSAEC/Kinetic Vision, Inc.
InventorsJames Anthony Topich, Alexander Gregory Doukas, Geoffrey Allen King, Jeffrey Allen Hatton
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for allowing users to safely and efficiently conduct repeatable dynamic experiments involving coordinated applications of force, motion, pressure, temperature, flow, dispersion and other physical events via a testing fixture positioned within an imaging environment.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- a testing fixture, the testing fixture comprising:
- a control system;
- a mounting assembly;
- a bottom plate;
- a linear actuator assembly communicatively coupled to the control system, wherein the linear actuator assembly comprises an actuator that is operatively coupled to the mounting assembly and facilitates selective translation of the mounting assembly along a longitudinal axis relative to the bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the translation of the mounting assembly along the longitudinal axis;
- a motor communicatively coupled to the control system, wherein the motor is operatively coupled to the mounting assembly and facilitates selective rotation of the mounting assembly and the linear actuator assembly about the longitudinal axis relative to the bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the rotation of the mounting assembly and the linear actuator assembly about the longitudinal axis;
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- a load cell operatively coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the load cell is communicatively coupled to the control system.
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A testing fixture comprising:
- a control system;
- a mounting assembly;
- a bottom plate;
- a load cell operatively coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the load cell is communicatively coupled to the control system;
- one or more motion drivers communicatively coupled to the control system, wherein the one or more motion drivers comprises (i) a linear actuator assembly comprising an actuator that is operatively coupled to the mounting assembly and facilitates selective translation of the mounting assembly along a longitudinal axis relative to the bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the translation of the mounting assembly along the longitudinal axis and (ii) a motor operatively coupled to the mounting assembly that facilitates selective rotation of the mounting assembly and the linear actuator assembly about the longitudinal axis relative to the bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the rotation of the mounting assembly and the linear actuator assembly about the longitudinal axis;
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- wherein a component of the one or more motion drivers is rotatable about the longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the one or more motion drivers execute a motion profile.
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A system, comprising:
- a digital image acquisition system defining an enclosure;
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- a testing fixture is positioned within the enclosure, wherein the testing fixture comprises:
- a control system;
- a mounting assembly;
- a load cell operatively coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the load cell is communicatively coupled to the control system;
- a linear actuator assembly communicatively coupled to the control system, wherein the linear actuator assembly comprises an actuator that is operatively coupled to the mounting assembly and facilitates selective translation of the mounting assembly along a longitudinal axis, wherein the linear actuator assembly is rotatable about the longitudinal axis, and a motor is communicatively coupled to the control system, wherein the motor is operatively coupled to the mounting assembly and facilitates selective rotation of the mounting assembly and the linear actuator assembly about the longitudinal axis;
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- a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the translation of the mounting assembly along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the rotation of the mounting assembly and the linear actuator assembly about the longitudinal axis.
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A system, comprising:
- a computing system in communication with a testing fixture;
- the testing fixture comprising:
- a control system;
- a rotatable mounting assembly;
- a load cell operatively coupled to the rotatable mounting assembly, wherein the load cell is communicatively coupled to the control system;
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- a linear actuator assembly comprising an actuator, wherein the linear actuator assembly is coupled to the rotatable mounting assembly, wherein the actuator of the linear actuator assembly facilitates selective translation of the mounting assembly along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the rotatable mounting assembly, the linear actuator assembly, and the actuator are rotatable about the longitudinal axis,
- a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the translation of the mounting assembly along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the rotation of the mounting assembly, the linear actuator assembly, and the actuator about the longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the linear actuator assembly executes a motion profile provided by the computing system.
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A system, comprising:
- a computing system in communication with a testing fixture;
- the testing fixture comprising:
- a control system;
- a rotating assembly, wherein the rotating assembly is selectively rotatable about a longitudinal axis, wherein the rotating assembly comprises:
- a slip ring connector, wherein the rotating assembly is in electrical communication with a power source through the slip ring connector;
- a mounting assembly;
- a linear actuator assembly;
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- a load cell operatively coupled to the mounting assembly, wherein the load cell is communicatively coupled to the control system;
- a motor operatively coupled to the mounting assembly that facilitates selective rotation of the mounting assembly about the longitudinal axis;
- a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate remains stationary during the rotation of the rotating assembly about the longitudinal axis;
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- wherein the motor executes a motion profile provided by the computing system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.