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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Hani Esmaeili, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kenneth Michael Bagwell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Holly Ubellacker, Georgetown, KY (US);
Judy Hsien-Chih Liu, New Taipei, TW;
Eric S. Jol, San Jose, CA (US);
Christoph Bitterlich, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael W. Barnstead, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Christoph Werner, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Contacts that can be highly corrosion resistant, can be readily manufactured, and can conserve precious materials. One example can provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer can 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 can 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.