Micro electro-mechanical heater

Patent · 12 September 2017

OSTI ID:1390064

Oh, Yunje; Asif, Syed Amanulla Syed; Cyrankowski, Edward; Warren, Oden Lee

A sub-micron scale property testing apparatus including a test subject holder and heating assembly. The assembly includes a holder base configured to couple with a sub-micron mechanical testing instrument and electro-mechanical transducer assembly. The assembly further includes a test subject stage coupled with the holder base. The test subject stage is thermally isolated from the holder base. The test subject stage includes a stage subject surface configured to receive a test subject, and a stage plate bracing the stage subject surface. The stage plate is under the stage subject surface. The test subject stage further includes a heating element adjacent to the stage subject surface, the heating element is configured to generate heat at the stage subject surface.

• Research Organization: Hysitron, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-07ER84812
• Assignee: Hysitron, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): 9,759,641
• Application Number: 14/948,549
• OSTI ID: 1390064
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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