Patent · US Expired

Electrical contact material, and terminal

US4069370A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

W. C. Heraeus GmbH · DE

Inventors

Nils Harmsen · Bruchköbel, DE
Franz Sperner

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 16, 1976
Grant date	Jan 17, 1978
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 16, 1996

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/12889
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The material is applied to a substrate, for example, terminal bronze, brass, or the like, and comprises, preferably, 50 to 55% gold, 24 to 28% palladium, 15 to 20% silver, 2.5 to 3% tin, 0.08 to 0.15% iridium, 0.08 to 0.15% ruthenium, 0.1 to 0.3% copper and 0.6 to 1% indium.

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