Power plants – Motor operated by expansion and/or contraction of a unit of... – Mass is a solid
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-21
2011-11-08
Nguyen, Hoang (Department: 3748)
Power plants
Motor operated by expansion and/or contraction of a unit of...
Mass is a solid
C060S529000, C310S307000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08051656
ABSTRACT:
A shape memory element (a structure formed from a shape memory alloy) includes an electrically conductive ferromagnetic material. The ferromagnetic material may be magnetostrictive. In some embodiments, the shape memory element is formed from a shape memory alloy core and has a cladding over the core that includes the ferromagnetic material. In other embodiments, the shape memory alloy may be selected to be ferromagnetic.
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Campbell Robert P.
Cripe David Wayne
Legge Ryan J.
McCoy Bryan S.
Woychik Gerard A.
Barbieri Daniel M.
Nguyen Hoang
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
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