Contact mechanic tests using stylus alignment to probe material properties

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9933346
APP PUB NO 20160370272A1
SERIAL NO

15256276

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An apparatus for performing a contact mechanics test on a substrate includes a stylus, a core configured to engage the stylus against the substrate, a stylus engagement mechanism configured to induce a contact load or a penetration depth to the stylus, a core engagement mechanism configured to maintain contact of the core and to move the core along the substrate surface, a frame configured to be fixed with respect to the apparatus or to be moved together with the core engagement mechanism as an assembly, a frame engagement mechanism configured to engage the frame with the substrate surface; and a substrate monitoring device configured to measure characteristics of substrate contact response and/or collect material machined from the substrate. Methods of performing a contact mechanics test are also provided.

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MASSACHUSETTS MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES LLC8A ERIE DRIVE UNIT A NATICK MA 01760

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Bellemare, Simon C Weston, US 6 16
Palkovic, Steven D Somerville, US 5 25
Soucy, Phillip A Chelmsford, US 5 15
Tarkanian, Michael J West Roxbury, US 11 325
Willey, Brendon M Dedham, US 5 16

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