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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Yoshiharu Yoshimi, Obu, JP;
Yasushi Okumura, Nagoya, JP;
Masataka Tokuda, Tsu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Yoshimi Inc., Obu, JP;
MIE TLO Co., Ltd., Tsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 3/23 (2006.01); C22F 1/10 (2006.01); C22F 1/18 (2006.01); C22C 14/00 (2006.01); C22C 19/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The manufacturing methods according to the present teachings provide shape memory alloy products having both a uniform composition and a precise shape memory recovery temperature. In this manufacturing method, raw material powders (e.g., Ti and Ni powders) may be precisely mixed. Next, a compound may be synthesized from the raw material powder mixture using a combustion synthesis method. The combustion synthesized compound may be melted and cast into a desired shape (e.g., a shape of the final product or a shape close to that of the final product).