Patent ID: 7156916
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B81C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of forming, from a precursor material having selectively and controllably changeable crystalline-structure related mechanical properties, a monolithic array of mechanical devices each possessing (a) a predetermined configuration, and therein (b) a set of such mechanical properties, that are desired for the performance, by each completed device, of a pre-chosen mechanical task within the setting of the monolithic structure, said method comprising placing an appropriate broad-expanse precursor body of such material in a processing zone, selecting, for each device which is to be created, an associated volumetric region in that body which is suitable (a) for the creation therefrom of the desired configuration which is to be associated with that region, and (b) for the establishment therein of the desired set of associated, crystalline-structure-related mechanical properties, within the processing zone, subjecting each selected region to a controlled changing of the crystalline structure therein, and thus of the related mechanical properties, and by that process, achieving in each selected region, the associated, desired set of mechanical properties.