Extended area thermal activation device
AssigneeGas Research Institute
InventorWilliam D. Ingle
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Abstract
A method for protection of a object subject to damage under thermally hazardous conditions having a triggerable safety appliance in which an elongated shaped memory alloy material having a first end and a second end is extended over an entire area to be protected of the object and the first end of the elongated shaped memory alloy material is operably linked to a trigger for activation of the triggerable safety appliance.
Claims17
A method for protection of a device subject to damage under thermally hazardous conditions having a triggerable safety appliance comprising the steps of:
- extending an elongated shaped memory alloy material having a first end and a second end completely around said device;
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- connecting said first end of said elongated shaped memory alloy material to a thermally activatable trigger means for activation of said triggerable safety appliance.
In a device having a body subject to damage under thermally hazardous conditions, the improvement comprising:
- a triggerable safety appliance operatively connected to said body, said triggerable safety appliance acting to protect said body from damage upon being triggered;
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- an elongated shaped memory alloy material having a first end and a second end and extending completely around said body, said first end operatively connected to a trigger of said triggerable safety appliance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.