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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:
Jun. 20, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F / ; C22F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148 / ; 148 / ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for modifying the temperatures at which metallic compositions capable of undergoing reversible transformation from the austenitic state to the martensitic state will undergo such transformation. According to the present invention, the transformation temperature of such metallic compositions may be raised by slowly heating a metallic composition which is in the martensitic state to a temperature above that at which transformation to the austenitic state normally occurs. Usually the slow heating is terminated and the composition cooled to a temperature below the temperature at which slow heating was terminated.