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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:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
David S. Grummon, East Lansing, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 7/04 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses various embodiments of a thin film fluid control system (,) for controlling fluid flow through tubular conduits (,). The system is designed such that a shape memory alloy (,) is transformed between austenitic and martensitic phases to constrict or open the tubular conduit as desired.