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Device Patent Dispute: Automobile Rear View Mirrors

January 18, 2012 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

Read Consulting, a California failure analysis laboratory, often becomes involved with device patent disputes. In this case a patent dispute focused on external automobile rear view mirrors that had integral flashers showing through openings in the mirror. The assembly consisted of an array of LED lights that were behind the mirror, and these flashed through […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Automobile, Glass, Rear View Mirrors

Construction Defect Analysis, Window Damage

January 13, 2012 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

California Failure Analysis Expert Witness performs a glass failure analysis on defective tempered glass windows installed in a public building. One of the construction defects was window scratching. Representative windows were removed and sent to the Read Consulting California failure analysis lab. This allowed a detailed investigation of the window defects. The failure analysis determined that […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Glass, Macrophotograph, Tempered Glass, Window

Glass Failure Analysis of Tempered Glass Oven Door

January 2, 2012 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

California failure analysis expert witness analyzes a failed tempered glass toaster oven door to determine the cause of failure. The glass door remained intact, and this allowed the failure analysis to be performed. The origin is found to be in the center of a “butterfly” shaped region. There is a crush point that is the […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Oven Door, Tempered Glass

Discussion of Beer Bottle Defect

December 27, 2011 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

California failure analysis expert witness discusses bottle defects that can affect the bottle strength. In this case there are a string of bubbles in the glass that are mear the surface. There are cases where these bubbles have reached the surface and have opened. This will weaken the bottle by generating  stress risers and thinning […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Beer Bottle, Bottle, Glass

California Glass Expert Discusses Bottle Failure Analysis

December 20, 2011 By Tom Read Leave a Comment

A California failure analysis expert has been testing the strength of beer bottles by causing them to fail from pressure overload. In all cases the origin always had a mirror region at the origin. The presence of the mirror region indicates that the crack initially grows slowly. Theoretically, the mist hackle  indicates that the crack velocity has […]

Filed Under: Failure Analysis Tagged With: Bottle, Cracking

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Thomas L. Read, PhD,
1435 Fulton Road Santa Rosa, CA
Phone: 707-494-5089
email: info@readconsulting.com

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email: info@readconsulting.com

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