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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel C. Wagman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Kallman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Hani Esmaeili, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stefan A. Kowalski, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel T. McDonald, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eric S. Jol, San Jose, CA (US);
Raymund W. M. Kwok, Hong Kong, HK;
Michael W. Barnstead, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Contacts that may be highly corrosion resistant, may be readily manufactured, and may conserve precious materials. One example may provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer may 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 may 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.