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    Exhaust system
    51.
    发明授权
    Exhaust system 有权
    排气系统

    公开(公告)号：US08769947B2

    公开(公告)日：2014-07-08

    申请号：US12947927

    申请日：2010-11-17

    申请人： Paul W. Alexander ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  Patrick B. Usoro ,  Nilesh D. Mankame ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Geoffrey P. Mc Knight ,  Marten Wittorf ,  John A. Cafeo ,  Christopher P. Henry

    发明人： Paul W. Alexander ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  Patrick B. Usoro ,  Nilesh D. Mankame ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Geoffrey P. Mc Knight ,  Marten Wittorf ,  John A. Cafeo ,  Christopher P. Henry

    IPC分类号： F01B29/10 ,  F02G1/04

    CPC分类号： F03G7/06

    摘要： An exhaust system configured for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy includes a source of thermal energy provided by a temperature difference between an exhaust gas having a first temperature and a heat sink having a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature. The exhaust system also includes a conduit configured for conveying the exhaust gas, a heat engine disposed in thermal relationship with the conduit and configured for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy, and a member disposed in contact with the conduit and configured for conducting thermal energy from the conduit to the heat engine. The heat engine includes a first element formed from a first shape memory alloy having a crystallographic phase changeable between austenite and martensite at a first transformation temperature in response to the temperature difference between the exhaust gas and the heat sink.

    摘要翻译： 构造成用于将热能转换为机械能的排气系统包括由具有第一温度的排气和具有低于第一温度的第二温度的散热器之间的温度差提供的热能源。 排气系统还包括被配置为输送废气的导管，与导管热关系地设置的热引擎并且被配置为将热能转换成机械能的热引擎，以及与导管接触设置的构件， 热引擎的导管。 热引擎包括由第一形状记忆合金形成的第一元件，该第一形状记忆合金具有响应于废气和散热器之间的温差而在第一相变温度下具有在奥氏体和马氏体之间可变化的结晶相。

    JOINING OR FASTENING COMPONENTS CONTAINING A SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER
    53.
    发明申请
    JOINING OR FASTENING COMPONENTS CONTAINING A SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER 有权
    加工或加工组件包含形状记忆聚合物

    公开(公告)号：US20110194887A1

    公开(公告)日：2011-08-11

    申请号：US12703337

    申请日：2010-02-10

    申请人： Nilesh D. Mankame ,  Paul W. Alexander ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  Xiujie Gao

    发明人： Nilesh D. Mankame ,  Paul W. Alexander ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  Xiujie Gao

    IPC分类号： F16B4/00 ,  B23P11/00

    CPC分类号： F16B17/00 ,  B29C65/66 ,  B29C65/76 ,  B29C66/54 ,  B29C66/73715 ,  F16B1/0014 ,  Y10T29/49865 ,  Y10T29/49908 ,  Y10T403/21

    摘要： A releasable connection connects a first component to a second component. The second component includes and is manufactured from a Shape Memory Polymer (SMP), and defines a pocket. The first component includes a portion disposed within the pocket. The pocket is deformed from an initial shape permitting insertion of the portion into the pocket to assembly the releasable connection into a connected shape wherein the pocket is deformed to secure the first component relative to the second component. The pocket is transformed from the initial shape into the connected shape by heating the SMP material of the second component to a switching temperature. Re-heating the SMP second component to the switching temperature returns the pocket back to the initial shape from the connected shape to disassembly the releasable connection.

    摘要翻译： 可释放的连接将第一部件连接到第二部件。 第二组件包括并由形状记忆聚合物（SMP）制成，并且定义了一个口袋。 第一部件包括设置在口袋内的部分。 口袋从初始形状变形，允许将该部分插入口袋中以将可释放连接件组装成连接形状，其中口袋变形以相对于第二部件固定第一部件。 通过将第二组分的SMP材料加热到开关温度，将口袋从初始形状转变为连接形状。 将SMP第二部件重新加热至开关温度，将口袋从连接形状返回到初始形状，以拆卸可拆卸连接。

    Autonomous Fluid Mixing System and Method
    55.
    发明申请
    Autonomous Fluid Mixing System and Method 有权
    自主流体混合系统及方法

    公开(公告)号：US20110139396A1

    公开(公告)日：2011-06-16

    申请号：US12639823

    申请日：2009-12-16

    申请人： Alan L. Browne ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  James Holbrook Brown ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Paul W. Alexander

    发明人： Alan L. Browne ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  James Holbrook Brown ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Paul W. Alexander

    IPC分类号： B60H1/00 ,  B60H1/22 ,  F28F13/12

    CPC分类号： F03G7/065 ,  B01F7/02 ,  B01F15/00487

    摘要： A vehicle includes a fluid mixing system. The fluid mixing system includes a fluid and a heat engine. The fluid has a first fluid region at a first temperature and a second fluid region at a second temperature that is different from the first temperature. The heat engine includes a shape-memory alloy disposed in heat exchange contact with each of the first fluid region and the second fluid region. The heat engine is operable to mix the fluid between the first fluid region and the second fluid region in response to a change in the crystallographic phase of the shape-memory alloy to reduce the difference in the composition of the fluid bath between the first fluid region and the second fluid region.

    摘要翻译： 车辆包括流体混合系统。 流体混合系统包括流体和热力发动机。 流体具有在第一温度下的第一流体区域和与第一温度不同的第二温度的第二流体区域。 热机包括与第一流体区域和第二流体区域中的每一个热交换接触的形状记忆合金。 热引擎可操作以响应于形状记忆合金的晶体相的变化来混合第一流体区域和第二流体区域之间的流体，以减少第一流体区域和第二流体区域之间的流体浴的组成差异 和第二流体区域。

    METHOD OF CONTROLLING A THERMAL ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM
    56.
    发明申请
    METHOD OF CONTROLLING A THERMAL ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM 有权
    控制热能收集系统的方法

    公开(公告)号：US20110120111A1

    公开(公告)日：2011-05-26

    申请号：US12908191

    申请日：2010-10-20

    申请人： Paul W. Alexander ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  Patrick B. Usoro ,  Nilesh D. Mankame ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Geoffrey P. Mc Knight ,  Christopher P. Henry

    发明人： Paul W. Alexander ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Nancy L. Johnson ,  Patrick B. Usoro ,  Nilesh D. Mankame ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Geoffrey P. Mc Knight ,  Christopher P. Henry

    IPC分类号： F01B29/10

    CPC分类号： F01B29/10 ,  F03G7/065

    摘要： A method of controlling an energy harvesting system that converts excess thermal energy into mechanical energy and includes a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) member, includes obtaining current operational parameters of the energy harvesting system, such as a maximum temperature, a minimum temperature and a cycle frequency of the SMA member. The current operational parameters are compared to a target operating condition of the energy harvesting system to determine if the current operational parameters are within a pre-defined range of the target operating condition. If the current operational parameters are not within the pre-defined range of the target operating condition, then a heat transfer rate to, a heat transfer rate from or a cycle frequency of the SMA member is adjusted to maintain operation of the energy harvesting system within the pre-defined range of the target operating condition to maximize efficiency of the energy harvesting system.

    摘要翻译： 一种控制能量收集系统的方法，其将过剩的热能转换成机械能并且包括形状记忆合金（SMA）构件，包括获得能量收集系统的当前操作参数，例如最高温度，最低温度和循环 SMA部件的频率。 将当前操作参数与能量收集系统的目标操作条件进行比较，以确定当前操作参数是否在目标操作条件的预定义范围内。 如果当前的操作参数不在目标操作条件的预定范围内，则调整传热速率，从SMA构件的传热速率或循环频率，以维持能量收集系统的运行 目标操作条件的预定义范围，以最大限度地提高能量收集系统的效率。

    Shape memory alloy-based device for controlling or monitoring pressure in a system
    59.
    发明授权
    Shape memory alloy-based device for controlling or monitoring pressure in a system 有权
    形状记忆合金装置，用于控制或监测系统中的压力

    公开(公告)号：US08689771B2

    公开(公告)日：2014-04-08

    申请号：US13173276

    申请日：2011-06-30

    申请人： Nancy L. Johnson ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Paul W. Alexander ,  Nicholas W. Pinto, IV ,  Richard J. Skurkis ,  Scott R. Webb

    发明人： Nancy L. Johnson ,  Alan L. Browne ,  Xiujie Gao ,  Paul W. Alexander ,  Nicholas W. Pinto, IV ,  Richard J. Skurkis ,  Scott R. Webb

    IPC分类号： F02M69/54 ,  F02M69/46

    CPC分类号： F16K17/0493 ,  B60C23/0494 ,  B60C29/002 ,  F16K17/046

    摘要： A device is provided that may be adapted to control or monitor the pressure level of a fluid system. The device includes a member composed of a shape memory alloy in a superelastic state. The member is configured to undergo a phase change from a high modulus Austenitic phase to a low modulus Martensitic phase and stretch in response to an activation stress. In one embodiment, the member defines two ends such that one end of the member is operatively connected to a fixed point. Another end of the member is operatively connected to a movable element. As the member stretches in response to the activation stress, the movable element is translated relative to the fixed point. In another embodiment, the member includes two plates with respective holes that are selectively aligned when the first and second plates stretch or deform in response to the activation stress.

    摘要翻译： 提供了可适于控制或监测流体系统的压力水平的装置。 该装置包括由超弹性状态的形状记忆合金构成的构件。 构件被配置为经历从高模量奥氏体相到低模量马氏体相的相变，并响应于活化应力而拉伸。 在一个实施例中，构件限定两个端部，使得构件的一端可操作地连接到固定点。 构件的另一端可操作地连接到可移动元件。 随着构件响应于激活应力而延伸，可移动元件相对于固定点平移。 在另一个实施例中，该构件包括具有相应孔的两个板，当第一和第二板响应于激活应力而拉伸或变形时，其具有选择性对准。