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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan K. Brown, Renton, WA (US);
Glenn Scott Bushnell, Puyallup, WA (US);
Dan J. Clingman, Milton, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/00 (2006.01); F03G 7/06 (2006.01); B21C 37/04 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/006 (2013.01); B21C 37/045 (2013.01); B64C 1/065 (2013.01); B64C 3/185 (2013.01); F03G 7/065 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method of training a shape memory alloy (SMA) workpiece. The method includes applying a force couple to a shape memory alloy (SMA) workpiece to impart a generally planar transformational behavior to the SMA workpiece to obtain a trained shape memory alloy (SMA) workpiece.