Patents by Inventor Benjamin T. Hailer

Benjamin T. Hailer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Strain-detecting composite materials
    Patent number: 9499882
    Abstract: A composite material includes a structural material and a shape-memory alloy embedded in the structural material. The shape-memory alloy changes crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite in response to a predefined critical macroscopic average strain of the composite material. In a second embodiment, the composite material includes a plurality of particles of a ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy embedded in the structural material. The ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy changes crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite and changes magnetic phase in response to the predefined critical macroscopic average strain of the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
    Inventors: Terryl A. Wallace, Stephen W. Smith, Robert S. Piascik, Michael R. Horne, Peter L. Messick, Joel A. Alexa, Edward H. Glaessgen, Benjamin T. Hailer
  • Strain-Detecting Composite Materials
    Publication number: 20100190026
    Abstract: A composite material includes a structural material and a shape-memory alloy embedded in the structural material. The shape-memory alloy changes crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite in response to a predefined critical macroscopic average strain of the composite material. In a second embodiment, the composite material includes a plurality of particles of a ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy embedded in the structural material. The ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy changes crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite and changes magnetic phase in response to the predefined critical macroscopic average strain of the composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: USA as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Terryl A. Wallace, Stephen W. Smith, Robert S. Piascik, Michael R. Horne, Peter L. Messick, Joel A. Alexa, Edward H. Glaessgen, Benjamin T. Hailer