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Patent No.:

US 9314885 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

May. 11, 2012

Shape memory alloy composite flexible substrates

Applicants:

Sung-wei Chen, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Christopher J. Rothfuss, Laramie, WY (US);

Inventors:

Sung-Wei Chen, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Christopher J. Rothfuss, Laramie, WY (US);

Assignee:

Empire Technology Development LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:

Pepper Hamilton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Thomas Denion

Assistant Examiner:

Xiaoting Hu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/68 (2006.01); B29C 70/70 (2006.01); B29C 61/06 (2006.01); B23P 11/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/08 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/82 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2013.01); B29C 61/06 (2013.01); B29C 61/0608 (2013.01); B29C 70/08 (2013.01); B29C 70/688 (2013.01); B29C 70/82 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01); C08L 2201/12 (2013.01); C21D 2201/01 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

A programmable shape device is described. The device comprises a wire grid made from a shape memory material. The grid is embedded in a transparent polymer. Under normal conditions, the device can be folded into any shape. Upon actuation, the device reverts back to a programmed parent shape. Such a device can be made into one shape during its desired use and another shape during storage or transportation. Methods of making and using a programmable shape device are described.

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