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Eyeglass frame including shape-memory elements

US4772112A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 1986
Grant dateSep 20, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 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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