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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Applicant:
United States of Americas As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Othmane Benafan, Middleburg Heights, OH (US);
Eunice E. Arvizu, Middleburg Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/00 (2006.01); C22F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/006 (2013.01); C22F 1/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for creating shapes (e.g., letters, numbers, characters, symbols, or a combination thereof) using shape memory alloy (SMAs) component. The SMA components shaped into formed shapes that can then be distorted to obscure the original formed shaped. The original formed shape can be restored upon exposure to a heat source, magnetic field, or upon load removal.