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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. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas B. Stanford, Jr., Oxnard, CA (US);
Weldon S. Williamson, Malibu, CA (US);
Elena Sherman, Culver City, CA (US);
Andrew C. Chu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas B. Stanford, Jr., Oxnard, CA (US);
Weldon S. Williamson, Malibu, CA (US);
Elena Sherman, Culver City, CA (US);
Andrew C. Chu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/20 (2006.01); D03D 15/00 (2006.01); A62B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An adaptable garment material and method of producing such a material. The material may have a substrate and a plurality of shape memory polymer elements integrated therewith, or may be a mat of interwoven shape memory polymer elements. The shape memory elements adapt in the presence of an actuation trigger and exhibit different properties upon actuation.