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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Chuan Liu, Evanston, IL (US);
Gregory B. Olson, Riverswood, IL (US);
Assignee:
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 30/00 (2006.01); C22C 19/03 (2006.01); C22F 1/00 (2006.01); C22F 1/10 (2006.01); C22F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 30/00 (2013.01); C22F 1/002 (2013.01); C22F 1/006 (2013.01); C22F 1/10 (2013.01); C22F 1/16 (2013.01); C22C 19/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a precipitation-strengthened shape memory alloy (SMA) comprising a composition designed and processed such that the precipitation-strengthened SMA meets property objectives comprising a yield strength being more than about 1500 MPa at room temperature, a transformation temperature in a range of about −15 to 20° C., a misfit in a range of about 0.9-1.1%, wherein the property objectives are design specifications of the precipitation-strengthened SMA.