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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. 03, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul-Emile Fortin, Kingston, CA;
Willard M Gallerneault, Kingston, CA;
Assignee:
Alcan International Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148415 ; 148 / ; 148159 ; 148440 ; 420546 ;
Abstract
A contact conductor for electric vehicles is produced from an aluminum alloy containing an excess of silicon. The alloy comprises 0.2-1% by weight magnesium, 1-7% by weight silicon and the balance being aluminum and incidental impurities. It has a tensile strength of at least 38,000 psi and a minimum electrical conductivity of 50% IACS.