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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Smarter Alloys Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Mohammad Ibrahem Khan, Waterloo, CA;
Yunhong Norman Zhou, Waterloo, CA;
SMARTER ALLOYS INC., Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method for treating a material comprising: applying energy to a predetermined portion of the material in a controlled manner such that the local chemistry of the predetermined portion is altered to provide a predetermined result. When the material is a shape memory material, the predetermined result may be to provide an additional memory to the predetermined portion or to alter the pseudo-elastic properties of the shape memory material. In other examples, which are not necessarily restricted to shape memory materials, the process may be used to adjust the concentration of components at the surface to allow the formation of an oxide layer at the surface of the material to provide corrosion resistance; to remove contaminants from the material; to adjust surface texture; or to generate at least one additional phase particle in the material to provide a nucleation site for grain growth, which in turn, can strengthen the material.