Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Alloy material, contact probe, and connection terminal
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Application No.: US14418964Application Date: 2013-08-02
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Publication No.: US09804198B2Publication Date: 2017-10-31
- Inventor: Teruo Anraku , Masayuki Ainoya , Tomohiro Kubota , Kotaro Toyotake , Tomoyuki Minami , Noritoshi Takamura , Humio Takahashi
- Applicant: Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. , Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. , NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi JP Kitakyushu-shi JP Yokohama-shi
- Assignee: Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.,Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.,NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.,Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.,NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi JP Kitakyushu-shi JP Yokohama-shi
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Priority: JP2012-172987 20120803
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/071076 WO 20130802
- International Announcement: WO2014/021465 WO 20140206
- Main IPC: G01R31/20
- IPC: G01R31/20 ; G01R1/073 ; C22C5/04 ; C22C30/02 ; G01R1/067 ; G01R3/00 ; G01R31/28 ; B01J2/00 ; C12Q1/00

Abstract:
An alloy material includes: a composition containing 17 at % to 25 at % of silver (Ag), 30 at % to 45 at % of palladium (Pd), and 30 at % to 53 at % of copper (Cu) in a composition range of a ternary alloy of Ag, Pd, and Cu; and at least one of manganese (Mn), tin (Sn), silicon (Si), antimony (Sb), titanium (Ti) and magnesium (Mg) added to the composition in a range of 4.5 at % or less, and the Mn in a range of 0.5 at % to 3.5 at %, the Sn in a range of 1 at % to 2 at %, the Si in a range of 0.5 at % to 2 at %, the Sb in a range of 0.5 at % to 3 at %, the Ti in a range of 0.5 at % to 2 at %, and the Mg in a range of 0.5 at % to 3.5 at % are added to the composition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150168455A1 ALLOY MATERIAL, CONTACT PROBE, AND CONNECTION TERMINAL Public/Granted day:2015-06-18
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