Patents by Inventor Ude D. Hangen

Ude D. Hangen 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).

  • Environmental conditioning assembly for use in mechanical testing at micron or nano-scales
    Patent number: 9829417
    Abstract: An environmental conditioning assembly for use in mechanical testing at scales of microns or less. The assembly includes an enclosure housing with an environmental cavity therein. A sample stage is positioned within the environmental cavity and includes an option sample heater. The enclosure housing includes a cavity perimeter clustered around the sample stage, and the enclosure housing isolates the environmental cavity and the sample stage from an environment exterior to the enclosure housing. In an example, an expansion and contraction linkage maintains a sample on the sample stage at a static elevation according to heating or cooling fluctuations within the environmental cavity. A testing instrument access port extends through the enclosure housing into the environmental cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hysitron, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger William Schmitz, Ude D. Hangen, Lucas Paul Keranen, Ryan Major, Yunje Oh, Jeremiah Vieregge, Christopher David Young
  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN MECHANICAL TESTING AT MICRON OR NANO-SCALES
    Publication number: 20150185117
    Abstract: An environmental conditioning assembly for use in mechanical testing at scales of microns or less. The assembly includes an enclosure housing with an environmental cavity therein. A sample stage is positioned within the environmental cavity and includes an option sample heater. The enclosure housing includes a cavity perimeter clustered around the sample stage, and the enclosure housing isolates the environmental cavity and the sample stage from an environment exterior to the enclosure housing. In an example, an expansion and contraction linkage maintains a sample on the sample stage at a static elevation according to heating or cooling fluctuations within the environmental cavity. A testing instrument access port extends through the enclosure housing into the environmental cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Hysitron, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger William Schmitz, Ude D. Hangen, Lucas Paul Keranen, Ryan Major, Yunje Oh, Jeremiah Vieregge, Christopher David Young