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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Applicant:
Carl J. Berendt, Afton, OK (US);
Inventor:
Carl J. Berendt, Afton, OK (US);
Assignee:
Sportswire, LLC, Langley, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of treating Nitinol to train the structure thereof to remain in the martensite state, including the steps of subjecting the Nitinol to a strain and while subjected to the strain, thermally cycling the Nitinol between a cold bath of about 0° C. to 10° C. and a hot bath of about 100° C. to 180° C. for a minimum of about five cycles.