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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2003
Yang-tse Cheng, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Wangyang NI, East Lansing, MI (US);
Michael J. Lukitsch, Port Huron, MI (US);
Anita M. Weiner, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David S. Grummon, E. Lansing, MI (US);
Yang-Tse Cheng, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Wangyang Ni, East Lansing, MI (US);
Michael J. Lukitsch, Port Huron, MI (US);
Anita M. Weiner, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
David S. Grummon, E. Lansing, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Michigan State University, East Landing, MI (US);
Abstract
A self-healing tribological surface comprises a shape memory material. The self-healing tribological surface can be used for recovering a scratches and/or indentations in the surface. Processes for recovering scratches or indentations generally comprises forming a shape memory material onto the surface; scratching or indenting the surface; and heating an area about the scratch or indentation, wherein a depth of the scratch or the indentation decreases after heating as compared to the depth prior to heating.