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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:
May. 24, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jaydev D Desai, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
420507 ; 420508 ; 420463 ; 200265 ;
Abstract
Gold-based intermetallic compounds suitable as a contact material for electrical contacts are presented. The gold-based electrical compounds are selected from a group consisting of Au.sub.4 In, Au.sub.10 Sn, and AuPd or from intermetallic compounds having an ordered hexagonal crystal structure and of the type Au.sub.n X where n is at least 3 and X is selected from a group consisting of In, Sn, and Pd.