Patents by Inventor Brent Cummings

Brent Cummings 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).

  • Apparatus for measuring failure load of model truss structures
    Patent number: 8776610
    Abstract: An educational force application and force measurement apparatus is with a plurality of interchangeable workpiece mounting components is disclosed. The apparatus securely accepts a model structure (workpiece), secures a force measurement component between the model structure and a force application component, and applies an incrementally increasing force until the workpiece fails. A series of interchangeable upper workpiece mounting components allow the apparatus to measure the failure load on several different types of model structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Fluid Learning Uniquely Executed, LLC
    Inventors: Brent Cummings, Dallas Jones
  • Apparatus for Measuring Failure Load of Model Truss Structures
    Publication number: 20140096617
    Abstract: An educational force application and force measurement apparatus is with a plurality of interchangeable workpiece mounting components is disclosed. The apparatus securely accepts a model structure (workpiece), secures a force measurement component between the model structure and a force application component, and applies an incrementally increasing force until the workpiece fails. A series of interchangeable upper workpiece mounting components allow the apparatus to measure the failure load on several different types of model structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Brent Cummings, Dallas Jones