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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack P Martin, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Thomas H Gray, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72 47 ; 72700 ; 228117 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a process for producing strip material useful for making lead frames which includes preparing a ferritic stainless steel substrate as a thin strip and, before subjecting it to finish rolling, electroplating it with a first layer of copper and an outside layer of nickel or tin, after which the strip is precision rolled to final gauge. There is also disclosed the product from this process which is a precision rolled strip having a core of ferritic stainless steel and a continuous surface layer of nickel or tin with an intermediate layer of copper.