US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on July 21 for "Wires of superelastic nickel-titanium alloy and methods of forming the same" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,903, issued on July 21, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Wires of superelastic nickel-titanium alloy and methods of forming the same" was invented by Parikshith K. Kumar (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nickel-titanium alloy with an average grain size of between 0.2 and 10 microns and a recoverable strain of greater than 9% is disclosed herein, in which the alloy is formed using a method which involves applying a shape set heat treatment to the nickel-titanium alloy. The heat treatment includes applying heat at a temperature between 225deg C. and 350deg C. for a period of time between 20...