Patents Assigned to TMI Technologies, Inc.
  • Manufacturing method for jewelry including shape memory alloy elements
    Patent number: 6910273
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing jewelry pieces formed entirely or partially of a shape memory alloy provided with a pre-determined memory shape, where the shape memory characteristic and/or the superelastic characteristic of the alloy is used either in the construction of the piece or to facilitate repair of damaged pieces, since plastically deformed alloy shapes can be corrected by raising the alloy above the phase transition temperature, whereupon the piece resumes it memory shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: TMI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Guy Beard