Patents Represented by Attorney Steven J. Hutlquist
  • Patent number: 6892564
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fall impact apparatus, namely a fall impact apparatus, which is capable of fixing the attitudinal angle of a test subject during a drop test until the moment at which the test subject collides with a dropping subject surface. The fall impact apparatus includes a test subject fixing member for fixing a test subject which is to be tested for impact strength at a desired attitudinal angle, a hoisting and dropping member for raising and dropping the test subject fixing member to which the test subject is fixed along the falling direction of the test subject, and a dropping subject surface structured so as to collide only with the test subject at the terminal end of the falling direction without interfering with the hoisting and dropping member when the hoisting and dropping member is dropped together with the test subject fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Uniden Corporation
    Inventor: Katsumi Ishikawa