Patents by Inventor Peter J. Bosscher

Peter J. Bosscher 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 and method for testing material performance
    Patent number: 7047820
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (LCPA) for measuring a load applied to a quantity of material. The LCPA includes a load cell assembly sandwiched between an inner plate and an outer plate. The load cell assembly measures the load applied to the quantity of material when a force is exerted against the outer plate. Preferably, the load cell assembly includes three equally spaced apart load cells. In one aspect, the LCPA is a part of a gyratory compactor such that the LCPA measures the load applied to a paving material test specimen when a ram exerts a force against the outer plate during the compaction and gyration process. In one aspect, the location of the resultant force exerted by the ram on the specimen is calculated so that the performance of the test specimen may be evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hussain U. Bahia, Guler Murat, Peter J. Bosscher
  • Apparatus and method for testing material performance
    Publication number: 20040177702
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (LCPA) for measuring a load applied to a quantity of material. The LCPA includes a load cell assembly sandwiched between an inner plate and an outer plate. The load cell assembly measures the load applied to the quantity of material when a force is exerted against the outer plate. Preferably, the load cell assembly includes three equally spaced apart load cells. In one aspect, the LCPA is a part of a gyratory compactor such that the LCPA measures the load applied to a paving material test specimen when a ram exerts a force against the outer plate during the compaction and gyration process. In one aspect, the location of the resultant force exerted by the ram on the specimen is calculated so that the performance of the test specimen may be evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hussain U. Bahia, Guler Murat, Peter J. Bosscher
  • Apparatus and method for testing material performance
    Patent number: 6694823
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (LCPA) for measuring a load applied to a quantity of material. The LCPA includes a load cell assembly sandwiched between an inner plate and an outer plate. The load cell assembly measures the load applied to the quantity of material when a force is exerted against the outer plate. Preferably, the load cell assembly includes three equally spaced apart load cells. In one aspect, the LCPA is a part of a gyratory compactor such that the LCPA measures the load applied to a paving material test specimen when a ram exerts a force against the outer plate during the compaction and gyration process. In one aspect, the location of the resultant force exerted by the ram on the specimen is calculated so that the performance of the test specimen may be evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hussain U. Bahia, Guler Murat, Peter J. Bosscher
  • Apparatus and method for testing material performance
    Publication number: 20010049969
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (LCPA) for measuring a load applied to a quantity of material. The LCPA includes a load cell assembly sandwiched between an inner plate and an outer plate. The load cell assembly measures the load applied to the quantity of material when a force is exerted against the outer plate. Preferably, the load cell assembly includes three equally spaced apart load cells. In one aspect, the LCPA is a part of a gyratory compactor such that the LCPA measures the load applied to a paving material test specimen when a ram exerts a force against the outer plate during the compaction and gyration process. In one aspect, the location of the resultant force exerted by the ram on the specimen is calculated so that the performance of the test specimen may be evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hussain U. Bahia, Guler Murat, Peter J. Bosscher