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Eyeglass frame including shape-memory elements

US4896955A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 1988
Grant dateJan 30, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02C5/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Eyeglass frames fabricated from shape-memory alloys which have optimized elasticity 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 are disclosed.

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