Patents by Inventor Meghan Louise Cicchi

Meghan Louise Cicchi 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).

  • Hybrid shape memory effect elements for facile integration to structures
    Patent number: 10543533
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for chemically bonding TiNi materials to Nitinol constructs, comprising placing a Nitinol construct within a mold and packing a powder combination comprising Ti powder and Ni powder, and powder comprised of zero or more of the elements Cu, Hf, Zr, Pt, Pd, Au, Cd, Ag, Nb, Ta, O, N, B, and H, into the mold. The method further includes initiating a process of self-propagating high temperature synthesis of the powder combination within the mold to create a chemical bond between the Nitinol construct and a resulting TiNi foam to thereby create a Nitinol and TiNi assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHAPE CHANGE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Jardine, Meghan Louise Cicchi
  • HYBRID SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT ELEMENTS FOR FACILE INTEGRATION TO STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20150196957
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for chemically bonding TiNi materials to Nitinol constructs, comprising placing a Nitinol construct within a mold and packing a powder combination comprising Ti powder and Ni powder, and powder comprised of zero or more of the elements Cu, Hf, Zr, Pt, Pd, Au, Cd, Ag, Nb, Ta, O, N, B, and H, into the mold. The method further includes initiating a process of self-propagating high temperature synthesis of the powder combination within the mold to create a chemical bond between the Nitinol construct and a resulting TiNi foam to thereby create a Nitinol and TiNi assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Jardine, Meghan Louise Cicchi