US Patent Issued to CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY on Dec. 2 for "Metal plate with one-way shape memory effect" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,937, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Metal plate with one-way shape memory effect" was invented by Josiah S. Owusu-Danquah (Mayfield Heights, Ohio), Brian L. Davis (Moreland Hills, Ohio) and Tanetta L. Curenton (Parma, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal plate contains a shape memory alloy (e.g., a nitinol alloy) capable of exhibiting the one-way memory effect."

The patent was filed on March 2, 2021, under Application No. 17/249,417.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2...