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US 7,017,427 B1Granted
Testing apparatus and method for composite articles
AssigneeMiken Sports, LLC
InventorMatthew Vacek
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Abstract
A testing apparatus for a composite material includes a base for holding the composite article, a load cell for placing a selected load on a portion of the composite article, and a displacement measuring device for measuring the amount of displacement for a selected load. In operation, a composite article is placed in a testing apparatus, a selected load is placed on the composite article, and the displacement of the composite article is measured.
Claims4
A method of testing a composite article comprising:
- applying a selected static load to the hitting area on the composite article;
- and measuring the displacement of the composite article, wherein applying a selected load on the composite article includes loading a portion of a bat, and wherein applying a selected load to a portion of the bat includes placing a load on a plurality of areas associated with a hitting surface of the bat;
- and
- averaging the displacement measured at the plurality of areas associated with the hitting surface of the bat.
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A method of testing a composite article comprising:
- applying a selected static load to the hitting area on the composite article;
- and measuring the displacement of the composite article, wherein applying a selected load on the composite article includes loading a portion of a bat;
- and
- dividing the load placed on the bat by the measured displacement to yield a number representing flexibility of the bat.
1 more element
A method of testing a composite article comprising:
- applying a selected static load to the hitting area on the composite article;
- and measuring the displacement of the composite article, wherein applying a selected load on the composite article includes loading a portion of a bat;
- and
- dividing the load placed on the bat by the measured displacement to yield a number representing flexibility of the bat;
- determining a number representing flexibility at a plurality of points on the bat;
- and
- averaging the determined flexibility numbers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.