High strength vacuum deposited nitinol alloy films and method of making same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8083908
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11875629

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A vacuum deposition method for fabricating high-strength nitinol films by sputter depositing nickel and titanium from a heated sputtering target, and controlling the sputter deposition process parameters in order to create high-strength nitinol films that exhibit shape memory and/or superelastic properties without the need for precipitation annealing to attenuate the transition conditions of the deposited material. A vacuum deposited nitinol film having high-strength properties equal to or better than wrought nitinol films and which are characterized by having non-columnar crystal grain structures.

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  • VACTRONIX SCIENTIFIC, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Banas, Christopher E Breckinridge, US 102 8829
Boyle, Christopher T Flushing, US 93 11914
Marton, Denes San Antonio, US 45 4076
Wiseman, Roger W Bulverde, US 15 2636

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