Electrical contacts and methods of making contacts by electrodeposition
US4628165A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 1985 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/12944
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods for increasing the ductility and reducing the porosity and cracking tendency of a palladium or palladium-silver electrodeposit which comprises providing an underlayer of a palladium/nickel or palladium/cobalt alloy electrodeposit. Also dual layer composite electroplated deposits and their use in electrical contacts or connectors.
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