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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2014
Applicants:
Randall V. Guest, Spring, TX (US);
Michael H. Johnson, Katy, TX (US);
Kirk J. Huber, Magnolia, TX (US);
Inventors:
Randall V. Guest, Spring, TX (US);
Michael H. Johnson, Katy, TX (US);
Kirk J. Huber, Magnolia, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08K 3/08 (2006.01); B01D 29/00 (2006.01); B01D 29/11 (2006.01); B29C 61/06 (2006.01); C08L 77/10 (2006.01); C08K 3/34 (2006.01); C08K 3/38 (2006.01); B29L 31/14 (2006.01); B29C 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 29/0093 (2013.01); B01D 29/111 (2013.01); B29C 61/0608 (2013.01); C08K 3/08 (2013.01); C08K 3/34 (2013.01); C08K 3/38 (2013.01); C08L 77/10 (2013.01); B29C 43/003 (2013.01); B29L 2031/14 (2013.01); C08L 2201/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a shape memory structure includes, commingling elastic material with viscoelastic material, and forming a structure with the commingled materials. Altering a shape of the structure, altering an environment the structure is exposed to, to lock in the altered shape of the structure via hardening of the viscoelastic material until the structure is exposed to another environment that softens the viscoelastic material.