Shape memory polymer foam
AssigneeMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShunichi Hayashi, Hiroshi Fujimura
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Abstract
A shape memory polymer foam which takes on a deformed shape and an as-molded shaped, said deformed shape being produced when the polymer foam is compressed at a temperature higher than the glass transition point (Tg) of the polymer and then kept compressed at a temperature lower than the Tg until compression sets, said as-molded shape being produced when the compressed polymer foam is heated again to a temperature higher than the Tg until it recovers its original shape.
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A shape memory polyurethane polymer foam which takes on a deformed shape and an as-molded shape, said deformed shape being produced when the polymer foam is compressed at a temperature higher than the glass transition point of the polymer and then kept compressed at a temperature lower than the glass transition point until compression sets, said as-molded shape being produced when the compressed polymer foam is heated again to a temperature higher than the glass transition point until it recovers its original shape.
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