Eyeglass frame including shape-memory elements
US4772112A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 1986 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02C5/16
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Eyeglass frames fabricated from shape-memory alloys which have optimized elastic properties, which exhibit a combination of shape-memory and optimized 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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