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Padlock shackle

US4561272A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 5, 1984
Grant dateDec 31, 1985
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/12806
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A padlock shackle made of an inner core of ductile nickel-titanium alloy, outer casing of hardened stainless steel, and an intermediate layer of a composite of tungsten carbide particles in a nickel-titanium alloy matrix which is bonded to the nickel-titanium alloy core and mechanically bonded to the stainless outer casing.

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