Patents by Inventor Benjamin Twombly

Benjamin Twombly has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • 3 point bending measuring system
    Patent number: 4976152
    Abstract: A sample holder for use with a bending measuring system. A probe shaft is disposed in an elongated tube. A probe tip is removeably mounted at one end of the probe shaft. The other end of the probe shaft is adapted to be fixed to the bending measuring system. A double knife edge platform supports a sample at each end and the probe tip contacts the sample at its center. Proper alignment between the sample and probe tip is obtained by having means which permit radial adjustment of the platform and rotation of the probe shaft about its central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: The Perkin Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Kerry McKinley, Benjamin Twombly