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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Goldstein, Potomac, MD (US);
Joseph P. Teter, Mt Airy, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 7/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E06B 7/16 ;
Abstract
A closure system including a rigid structural part has an edge surface along which sealage is established in response to deformation of a superelastic sheet metal element positioned thereon, such sheet metal element being endowed with a shape memory characteristic by formation as a Nitinol alloy to meet high sealage standards and other environmental requirements.