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Avi Crane, Laguna Hills, CA US
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| 20100119672 | FRUIT RIPENING PROCESS USING BAGGING AND COOLING - A method of handling fruit at ambient temperature is provided using bagging and cooling for prolonged storage and ripening of fruit. The type of fruit that is contemplated with respect to the method is a fruit having an internal fruit seed. The method begins by enclosing the fruit within a plastic packaging material to produce an enclosed fruit. The method continues with the enclosed fruit being exposed to an air flow. The enclosed fruit is exposed to the air flow until the internal fruit cools to a first cool temperature. The fruit is transferred from a surrounding environment at an ambient temperature to a surrounding environment which allows the internal fruit seed to cool to the first cool temperature. The internal fruit seed cools from the ambient temperature to the first cool temperature within a cool-down period. The method may conclude with the fruit being maintained at the first cool temperature of the internal fruit seed for a storage period. | 05-13-2010 |
Barry Crane, Menlo Park, CA US
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| 20090289955 | REALITY OVERLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for capturing information that is pertinent to physical surroundings with respect to a device, the information including at least one of visual information or audio information. Overlay information for use in generating a transparent overlay via the device is obtained using at least a portion of the captured information. The transparent overlay is then superimposed via the device using the overlay information, wherein the transparent overlay provides one or more transparent images that are pertinent to and in correlation with the physical surroundings. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289956 | VIRTUAL BILLBOARDS - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implementing a reality overlay device. A reality overlay device captures information that is pertinent to physical surroundings with respect to a device, the information including at least one of visual information or audio information. The reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a second device. For instance, the reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a server via the Internet, where the server is capable of identifying an appropriate virtual billboard. The reality overlay device may then receive overlay information for use in generating a transparent overlay via the reality overlay device. The transparent overlay is then superimposed via the device using the overlay information, wherein the transparent overlay provides one or more transparent images that are pertinent to the physical surroundings. Specifically, one or more of the transparent images may operate as “virtual billboards.” Similarly, a portable device such as a cell phone may automatically receive a virtual billboard when the portable device enters an area within a specified distance from an associated establishment. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100023878 | VIRTUAL NOTES IN A REALITY OVERLAY - Virtual notes are provided that enable virtual communications between users. A user is enabled to input content into a note using an electronic device. The user is enabled to associate a virtual representation of the note with an entity to generate a virtual note. The user is enabled to position the virtual representation of the virtual note in a virtual space superimposed on the entity. The user is enabled to configure at least one attribute associated with the virtual note. The generated virtual note is transmitted to a notes database. Subsequent users can view and otherwise interact with the virtual note by interacting with the entity associated with the virtual note. For example, the subsequent users can interact with the virtual note by approaching the entity, or by viewing the entity on a map displayed by an electronic device. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100103075 | RECONFIGURING REALITY USING A REALITY OVERLAY DEVICE - Virtual entities are displayed alongside real world entities in a wearable reality overlay device worn by the user. Information related to an environment proximate to the wearable device is determined. For example, a position of the wearable device may be determined, a camera may capture an image of the environment, etc. Virtual entity image information representative of an entity desired to be virtually displayed is processed based on the determined information. An image of the entity is generated based on the processed image information as a non-transparent region of a lens of the wearable device, enabling the entity to appear to be present in the environment to the user. The image of the entity may conceal a real world entity that would otherwise be visible to the user through the wearable device. Other real world entities may be visible to the user through the wearable device. | 04-29-2010 |
Bryan Crane, San Diego, CA US
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| 20100187115 | ELECTROOSMOTIC PUMP WITH IMPROVED GAS MANAGEMENT - An electroosmotic (EO) pump is provided that includes a housing having a pump cavity, a porous core medium and electrodes. The porous core medium is positioned within the pump cavity to form an exterior reservoir that extends at least partially about an exterior surface of the porous core medium. The porous core medium has an open inner chamber provided therein. The inner chamber represents an interior reservoir. The electrodes are positioned in the inner chamber and are positioned proximate the exterior surface. The electrodes induce flow of a fluid through the porous core medium between the interior and exterior reservoirs, wherein a gas is generated when the electrodes induce flow of the fluid. The housing has a fluid inlet to convey the fluid to one of the interior reservoir and the exterior reservoir. The housing has a fluid outlet to discharge the fluid from another of the interior reservoir and the exterior reservoir. The housing has a gas removal device to remove the gas from the pump cavity. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100294665 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING AND/OR CONCENTRATING A SAMPLE - A system for transferring and/or concentrating a sample is provided. The system includes a chamber with a membrane brave positioned within the chamber. An electrode assembly is configured to create an electric field across the membrane to move a charged sample through the chamber such that the sample collects and may concentrate on the membrane. The system may include a plurality of membranes. The system may also include a plurality of microchannels outwardly extending from the channel, where the membrane extends along the plurality of microchannels. Aspects of the invention are also directed to a pipette which may be used to transfer and concentrate a sample on a membrane. Certain embodiments are directed to methods and systems for concentrating a nucleic acid sample. | 11-25-2010 |
Douglas Crane, Altadena, CA US
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| 20110209740 | HIGH CAPACITY THERMOELECTRIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEMS - A thermoelectric system includes a first plurality of thermoelectric elements and a second plurality of thermoelectric elements. The thermoelectric system further includes a plurality of heat transfer devices. Each heat transfer device has a first side in thermal communication with two or more thermoelectric elements of the first plurality of thermoelectric elements and a second side in thermal communication with one or more thermoelectric elements of the second plurality of thermoelectric elements, so as to form a stack of thermoelectric elements and heat transfer devices. The two or more thermoelectric elements of the first plurality of thermoelectric elements are in parallel electrical communication with one another, and the two or more thermoelectric elements of the first plurality of thermoelectric elements are in series electrical communication with the one or more thermoelectric elements of the second plurality of thermoelectric elements. | 09-01-2011 |
Douglas Crane, Pasadena, CA US
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| 20080245398 | HIGH CAPACITY THERMOELECTRIC TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A thermoelectric system includes a first plurality of thermoelectric elements and a second plurality of thermoelectric elements. The thermoelectric system further includes a plurality of heat transfer devices. Each heat transfer device has a first side in thermal communication with two or more thermoelectric elements of the first plurality of thermoelectric elements and a second side in thermal communication with one or more thermoelectric elements of the second plurality of thermoelectric elements, so as to form a stack of thermoelectric elements and heat transfer devices. The two or more thermoelectric elements of the first plurality of thermoelectric elements are in parallel electrical communication with one another, and the two or more thermoelectric elements of the first plurality of thermoelectric elements are in series electrical communication with the one or more thermoelectric elements of the second plurality of thermoelectric elements. | 10-09-2008 |
Douglas T. Crane, Altadena, CA US
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| 20100024859 | THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR FOR VARIABLE THERMAL POWER SOURCE - A thermoelectric generator includes a first thermoelectric segment including at least one thermoelectric module. The first thermoelectric segment has a working fluid flowing therethrough with a fluid pressure. The thermoelectric generator further includes a second thermoelectric segment including at least one thermoelectric module. The second thermoelectric segment is configurable to allow the working fluid to flow therethrough. The thermoelectric generator further includes at least a first variable flow element movable upon application of the fluid pressure to the first variable flow element. The first variable flow element modifies a flow resistance of the second thermoelectric segment to flow of the working fluid therethrough. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100031987 | ENHANCED THERMALLY ISOLATED THERMOELECTRICS - In certain embodiments, a thermoelectric system includes at least one cell. The at least one cell can include a first plurality of electrically conductive shunts extending along a first direction, a second plurality of electrically conductive shunts extending along a second direction non-parallel to the first direction, and a first plurality of thermoelectric (TE) elements. The first plurality of TE elements can include a first TE element between and in electrical communication with a first shunt of the first plurality of shunts and a second shunt of the second plurality of shunts, a second TE element between and in electrical communication with the second shunt and a third shunt of the first plurality of shunts, and a third TE element between and in electrical communication with the third shunt and a fourth shunt of the second plurality of shunts. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20110067742 | THERMOELECTRIC-BASED POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Some embodiments provide a waste heat recovery apparatus including an exhaust tube having a cylindrical outer shell configured to contain a flow of exhaust fluid; a first heat exchanger extending through a first region of the exhaust tube, the first heat exchanger in thermal communication with the cylindrical outer shell; a second region of the exhaust tube extending through the exhaust tube, the second region having a low exhaust fluid pressure drop; an exhaust valve operatively disposed within the second region and configured to allow exhaust fluid to flow through the second region only when a flow rate of the exhaust fluid becomes great enough to result in back pressure beyond an allowable limit; and a plurality of thermoelectric elements in thermal communication with an outer surface of the outer shell. | 03-24-2011 |
Douglas T. Crane, Pasadena, CA US
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| 20100313575 | THERMOELECTRIC-BASED HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for a vehicle that operates in a heating mode, a cooling mode or a demisting mode. In some embodiments, the system includes a first circuit having first pump for circulating a first medium therein, a second circuit having a second pump for circulating a second medium therein and a thermoelectric module having a first surface in thermal contact with the first medium and a second surface in thermal contact with the second medium. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110079023 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Some embodiments provide a system for optimizing electrical power management in a vehicle. The system includes a HVAC device and a thermal storage device, both configured to provide heating and cooling to an occupant compartment of the vehicle. The system further includes a controller connected to an electrical storage device and an electrical generating device. The controller receives electrical power generated by the electrical generating device and directs the electrical power to satisfy the vehicle's power requirements and/or stores the electrical power in at least one of the electrical storage device and the thermal storage device. Furthermore, the controller directs at least one of the HVAC device and the thermal storage device to provide heating and cooling to the occupant compartment of the vehicle, depending on the available storage of the thermal storage unit or occupant compartment demands. | 04-07-2011 |
Douglas Todd Crane, Altadena, CA US
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| 20100095996 | THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR WITH INTERMEDIATE LOOP - A thermoelectric power generator is disclosed for use to generate electrical power from heat, typically waste heat. An intermediate heat transfer loop forms a part of the system to permit added control and adjustability in the system. This allows the thermoelectric power generator to more effectively and efficiently generate power in the face of dynamically varying temperatures and heat flux conditions, such as where the heat source is the exhaust of an automobile, or any other heat source with dynamic temperature and heat flux conditions. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110247668 | Thermoelectric Power Generating Systems Utilizing Segmented Thermoelectric Elements - A thermoelectric system includes a first thermoelectric element including a first plurality of segments in electrical communication with one another. The thermoelectric system further includes a second thermoelectric element including a second plurality of segments in electrical communication with one another. The thermoelectric system further includes a heat transfer device including at least a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is sandwiched between the first thermoelectric element and the second thermoelectric element. The second portion projects away from the first portion and configured to be in thermal communication with a working medium. | 10-13-2011 |
Douglas Todd Crane, Pasadena, CA US
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| 20090139556 | THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR WITH INTERMEDIATE LOOP - A thermoelectric power generator is disclosed for use to generate electrical power from heat, typically waste heat. An intermediate heat transfer loop forms a part of the system to permit added control and adjustability in the system. This allows the thermoelectric power generator to more effectively and efficiently generate power in the face of dynamically varying temperatures and heat flux conditions, such as where the heat source is the exhaust of an automobile, or any other heat source with dynamic temperature and heat flux conditions. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100236595 | Thermoelectric power generator for variable thermal power source - Traditional power generation systems using thermoelectric power generators are designed to operate most efficiently for a single operating condition. The present invention provides a power generation system in which the characteristics of the thermoelectrics, the flow of the thermal power, and the operational characteristics of the power generator are monitored and controlled such that higher operation efficiencies and/or higher output powers can be maintained with variably thermal power input. Such a system is particularly beneficial in variable thermal power source systems, such as recovering power from the waste heat generated in the exhaust of combustion engines. | 09-23-2010 |
Elizabeth Crane, Oakland, CA US
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| 20090148342 | Hypochlorite Technology - This invention generally relates to compositions and method of producing diluted hypohalous acid and hypohalous acid vapor. These compositions can be used to treat allergen containing surfaces, hard surfaces, food contact surfaces, hospital surfaces, food surfaces, kitchen surfaces, bathroom surfaces, human surfaces, animal surfaces, children's items, outdoor surfaces, soft surfaces, and medical instruments. These compositions can be converted to solid particulate or granular compositions. These compositions can be put into a variety of containers which preserve the stability. These compositions can be used to treat allergens and molds and as part of a mold detection system. These compositions can be dispersed into the air to enable microbiological control. | 06-11-2009 |
Eric Crane, San Clemente, CA US
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| 20090285435 | Headphones - Headphones include a head harness and two ear pieces provided to respective ends of the head harness. Each ear piece is movably coupled to the head harness by a ball and socket arrangement structured to allow spherical articulation of each ear piece with respect to the head harness. | 11-19-2009 |
Jeff Crane, Fresno, CA US
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| 20080210678 | Towel and garment warmer - A towel and garment warmer comprising an elongated cabinet having sidewalls that define a warming chamber with an open upper end that is closed by a lid pivotally attached to a sidewall. The cabinet is configured to allow the articles to be warmed to hang in the warming chamber. Attached to the bottom surface of the lid is one or more hooks or other securing mechanisms configured to secure the articles in the warming chamber. A source of warm air is located at the lower end of the heating chamber to direct warm air upward so as to substantially evenly warm the articles. Air is discharged from the warming chamber through vents located in the lid. A cooling system has a source of cool air in communication with the warming chamber to allow the user to inject cool air so as to cool and freshen the articles therein. | 09-04-2008 |
Max Crane, Del Mar, CA US
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| 20080279419 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ATTRACTION IN ONLINE COMMUNITIES - The pairing of members in the online community based on at least physical preferences and displaying to a person advertisements depicting people whom that specific person is attracted are provided. The invention can provide face similarity technology to match a member with people they will find attractive based on preference data from the user. For example, profiles of people who look similar to other people that the member has indicated to be attractive can be provided to the member. Additionally, using mutual attraction criteria, the invention can answer the age old ‘Does she/he even like me?’ question before users even sit down on the first date, thus enabling users to enjoy high quality and compatible dates knowing the feeling of attraction is mutual. The face similarity technology can also be used to provide advertisements depicting people that a person finds attractive. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110289139 | PRIORITIZATION IN A CONTINUOUS VIDEO PLAYBACK EXPERIENCE - Methods, systems, and apparatus can provide ordered (e.g. ranked) lists of content items as a suggested list of items to watch. The ordered list can be based on feedback from other users. The content items can also be presented (e.g. in a continuous playback mode) to a passive user so that the user does not have to actively select a next item to watch. This passive mode can select a next item (e.g. from a list that is updated based on recent user feedback), and the item can be queued on a client device for playing to a user. Content items can also be provided from different independent servers. | 11-24-2011 |
Neil G. Crane, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20110249668 | Opportunistic Multitasking - Services for a personal electronic device are provided through which a form of background processing or multitasking is supported. The disclosed services permit user applications to take advantage of background processing without significant negative consequences to a user's experience of the foreground process or the personal electronic device's power resources. To effect the disclosed multitasking, one or more of a number of operational restrictions may be enforced. By way of example, inactive network applications (e.g., VOIP applications) may be placed in a suspended state until a message is received targeting the application (e.g., an incoming phone call or a heartbeat needed message). The user application may be placed into the background state to respond to the message and then returned to the non-active state (e.g., if the message was a heartbeat needed) message or to the foreground state if appropriate (e.g., the user elects to answer the incoming call). | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252429 | Opportunistic Multitasking - Services for a personal electronic device are provided through which a form of background processing or multitasking is supported. The disclosed services permit user applications to take advantage of background processing without significant negative consequences to a user's experience of the foreground process or the personal electronic device's power resources. To effect the disclosed multitasking, one or more of a number of operational restrictions may be enforced. By way of example, thread priority levels may be overlapped between the foreground and background states. In addition, system resource availability may be restricted based on whether a process is receiving user input. In some instances, an application may be suspended rather than being placed into the background state. Implementation of the disclosed services may be substantially transparent to the executing user applications and, in some cases, may be performed without the user application's explicit cooperation. | 10-13-2011 |
Nicola A. Crane, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090170538 | Mobile Location Sharing System - A mobile location sharing system comprising: enabling a sender wireless device to send a payload including a location descriptor and a list of target identifiers to a group of targets; identifying a preferred communication mode for each in the group of targets; selecting a transmission format for the preferred communication mode; and sending the location descriptor in the transmission format selected for each in the group of targets for audio-visual output. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090171556 | Mutable Mobile Traffic Routing System - A method of operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system includes receiving traffic routing parameters by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client; selecting a traffic re-routing request parameters based on a traffic routing control parameter, from a portion of the traffic routing parameters at the client; sending the traffic re-routing request parameter from the client to the server; updating the traffic routing parameters at the server based on the traffic re-routing request parameter; and sending the traffic routing parameters updated with the traffic re-routing request parameter from the server to the client. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090171710 | Mobile Advertisement System With Advertisement Status - A method of operating a mobile advertisement system includes receiving an advertisement parameter by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client; detecting an advertisement control parameter with the advertisement parameter in the client; operating the client based on the advertisement control parameter and the advertisement parameter; creating an advertisement status parameter based on the advertisement parameter in the client; and sending the advertisement status parameter from the client to the server. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090171779 | Mobile Advertisement and Rating System - A method of operating a mobile advertisement and rating system includes receiving an advertisement parameter by a client from a server to be shown on a display of the client; detecting an advertisement control parameter with the advertisement parameter in the client; operating the client based on the advertisement control parameter and the advertisement parameter; entering a rating parameter in the client; and sending the rating parameter from the client to the server. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20110288755 | MUTABLE MOBILE TRAFFIC ROUTING SYSTEM - A method of operating a mutable mobile traffic routing system includes: sending traffic routing parameters with a traffic segment from a server for displaying on a client; receiving a traffic re-routing request parameter based on a traffic routing control parameter including the traffic routing parameters with the traffic segment; updating the traffic routing parameters based on the traffic re-routing request parameter; and sending the traffic routing parameters updated with an updated traffic segment with the traffic re-routing request parameter for displaying on the client. | 11-24-2011 |
Peter Crane, Fremont, CA US
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| 20120008225 | Fly Capable Slider Test Socket - The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008226 | FLY CAPABLE SLIDER TEST SOCKET - The present application is directed to a slider supporting apparatus for flying a slider of a hard disk drive in the manufacturing process to provide electrical performance characteristics. The present invention discloses an integrated design including the electrical interconnect, the gimballing mechanism, the preload mechanism and the slider supporting mechanism integrated into a single supporting structure. | 01-12-2012 |
Scott Jay Crane, Aromas, CA US
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| 20080303131 | ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTED STACKED DIE ASSEMBLIES - In die stack assembly configurations successive die in the stack are offset at a die edge at which die pads are situated, and the die are interconnected by electrically conductive traces. In some embodiments the electrically conductive traces are formed of an electrically conductive polymer. An electrically insulative conformal coating is provided having openings at die pads that are electrically connected. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080315434 | WAFER LEVEL SURFACE PASSIVATION OF STACKABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - An electrically insulative conformal coating is applied at least to the active (front) side and one or more sidewalls of the die during wafer processing. Also, a die has an electrically insulative conformal coating applied to at least the active (front) side and sidewalls. Also, assemblies include a stack of such die, electrically interconnected die-to-die; and assemblies include such a die or a stack of such die, electrically interconnected to underlying circuitry (for example in a substrate or a circuit board). | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090065916 | SEMICONDUCTOR DIE MOUNT BY CONFORMAL DIE COATING - A conformal coating on a semiconductor die provides adhesion between the die and a support. No additional adhesive is necessary to affix the die on the support. The conformal coating protects the die during assembly, and serves to electrically insulate the die from electrically conductive parts that the die may contact. The conformal coating may be an organic polymer, such as a parylene, for example. Also, a method for adhering a die onto a support, which may optionally be another die, includes providing a coating of a conformal between the die and the support, and heating the coating between the die and the support. The conformal coating may be provided on a die attach area of a surface of the die, or on a die mount region of a surface of the support, or on both a die attach area of a surface of the die and on a die mount region of a surface of the support; and the conformal coating may be provided following placement of the die on the support. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110037159 | Electrically Interconnected Stacked Die Assemblies - In die stack assembly configurations successive die in the stack are offset at a die edge at which die pads are situated, and the die are interconnected by electrically conductive traces. In some embodiments the electrically conductive traces are formed of an electrically conductive polymer. An electrically insulative conformal coating is provided having openings at die pads that are electrically connected. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110147943 | WAFER LEVEL SURFACE PASSIVATION OF STACKABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS - An electrically insulative conformal coating is applied at least to the active (front) side and one or more sidewalls of the die during wafer processing. Also, a die has an electrically insulative conformal coating applied to at least the active (front) side and sidewalls. Also, assemblies include a stack of such die, electrically interconnected die-to-die; and assemblies include such a die or a stack of such die, electrically interconnected to underlying circuitry (for example in a substrate or a circuit board). | 06-23-2011 |
William Mike Crane, Monterey, CA US
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| 20110299915 | MICRO-COUPLING ACTIVE RELEASE MECHANISM - A micro-coupling active release mechanism including a shape memory alloy (SMA) cylindrical ring that is fit into a bushing or other mating attachment creating an interference joint held in place by frictional forces. The interference joint can be released upon actuation in which the SMA cylindrical ring is heated causing it to shrink in size, relieving the frictional forces of the interference joint thereby releasing the SMA cylindrical ring from the bushing or other mating attachment. | 12-08-2011 |