Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Precious-metal-alloy contacts
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Application No.: US16565336Application Date: 2019-09-09
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Publication No.: US10998657B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Hani Esmaeili , Kenneth Michael Bagwell , Holly Ubellacker , Judy Hsien-Chih Liu , Eric S. Jol , Christoph Bitterlich , Michael W. Barnstead , Christoph Werner
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
- Main IPC: H01R13/03
- IPC: H01R13/03 ; H01R43/16

Abstract:
Contacts that can be highly corrosion resistant, can be readily manufactured, and can conserve precious materials. One example can provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer can be plated with a hard, durable, wear and corrosion resistant plating stack for further corrosion resistance and wear improvement. The resources consumed by a contact can be reduced by forming a bulk or substrate region of the contact using a more readily available material, such as copper or a material that is primarily copper based.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200006880A1 PRECIOUS-METAL-ALLOY CONTACTS Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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