Eyeglass frame including shape-memory elements

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1988-06-01

1990-01-23

Bovernick, Rodney B.

Optics: eye examining, vision testing and correcting

Spectacles and eyeglasses

351106, 351114, 351153, G02C 100, G02C 516

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048954381

ABSTRACT:
Eyeglass frames fabricated from shape-memory alloys which have optimized elastic properties, which exhibit a combination of shape-memory and elastic properties, which utilize the shape-memory property of these alloys in fastening elements or which utilize the flexibility and fatigue resistance of the martensite state of the alloys as a hinge element.

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