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Patent No.:

US 9488208 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2013

Smart material actuated fasteners

Applicant:

A. Raymond ET Cie, Grenoble, FR;

Inventors:

Todd L. Hemingway, Metamora, MI (US);

Nicholas Jackson, Davisburg, MI (US);

Todd Murray, Gaines, MI (US);

Walter B. Pipp, Jr., Birmingham, MI (US);

Michael Richard Danby, Stoney Creek, CA;

Jason F. Reznar, Redford, MI (US);

Assignee:

A. Raymond & Cie, Grenoble, FR;

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Flemming Saether

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 1/00 (2006.01); F16B 21/00 (2006.01); F16B 2/10 (2006.01); F16B 2/12 (2006.01); F16B 7/04 (2006.01); F16B 19/10 (2006.01); F16B 21/08 (2006.01); F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 41/00 (2006.01); H02G 3/32 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16B 21/00 (2013.01); F16B 1/0014 (2013.01); F16B 2/10 (2013.01); F16B 2/12 (2013.01); F16B 5/0664 (2013.01); F16B 7/0433 (2013.01); F16B 19/1081 (2013.01); F16B 21/082 (2013.01); F16B 37/04 (2013.01); F16B 41/002 (2013.01); H02G 3/32 (2013.01); F16B 5/065 (2013.01); F16B 5/0642 (2013.01);
Abstract

A smart material actuated fastener is provided. In another aspect, a fastener includes a shape memory material and a non-shape memory material with the shape memory material being a minority of the total fastener materials. A further aspect provides a fastener having workpiece-engaging surfaces made of an inactive and non-shape memory material.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hemingway, Todd. (2016). Smart material actuated fasteners (U.S. Patent No. 9488208). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9488208

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