Patent ID: 11933281
Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B  C | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. An article comprising:
a plurality of structural units, wherein each structural unit comprises:
a first portion of a plurality of first portions;
a second portion of a plurality of second portions; wherein each first portion of the plurality of first portions contacts each second portion of the plurality of second portions, but where adjacent first portions of the plurality of first portions do not contact each other and where adjacent second portions of the plurality of second portions do not contact each other; wherein the first portion has a property that can act as a restraint on the same property displayed by the second portion when the temperature of the article is changed from T1 to T2; and
a third portion; wherein the third portion is in communication with the first portion and the second portion and is more compressible than the first portion and the second portion;

wherein the first portion comprises a first shape memory alloy having a first preset state and wherein the second portion comprises a second shape memory alloy that has a second preset state; wherein the second preset state is different from the first preset state; where the structural units are in the form of discrete particles or regions; where the plurality of structural units form a repeat unit and wherein the repeat unit repeats itself throughout the volume of the article.