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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas A. Woodrow, III, Lakeside, TX (US);
Jean A. Nielsen, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 3/60 (2006.01); C25D 3/30 (2006.01); C25D 5/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 3/30 (2013.01); C25D 3/60 (2013.01); C25D 5/54 (2013.01); Y10T 428/12715 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of tin electroplating. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for mitigating tin whisker formation on tin-plated films and tin-plated surfaces by doping the tin with germanium.