Electric outlet element having double flash

US5438175A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• W. C. Heraeus GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gunter Herklotz · Bruchköbel, DE
• Bernd Gehlert · Könnern, DE
• Thomas Frey · Brighton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 2, 1993
• Grant date: Aug 1, 1995
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01H2011/046
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A thin galvanically deposited gold-containing surface layer is backed by a support layer containing a palladium alloy and having a thickness between 0.05 .mu.m and 0.5 .mu.m. In a preferred embodiment the surface layer and the support layer have a combined thickness of less than 0.5 .mu.m.