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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:
Sep. 05, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nils Harmsen, Bruchkobel, DE;
Assignee:
W. C. Heraeus GmbH, Hanau am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75165 ; 7513 / ; 200266 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a gold, silver and nickel alloy particularly useful for electrical contacts. The alloy consists essentially of 10-40% by weight silver, 2-25% palladium, 1-5% nickel, 0.1-10% indium, 0.1-3% tin, and the balance substantially gold. The invention also provides contacts comprising said alloy.