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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry T Taylor, Blacksburg, VA (US);
James Rancourt, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Carlos V Perry, Jr, Manassas, VA (US);
Assignee:
The Center for Innovative Technology, Herndon, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200233 ;
Abstract
Liquid gallium or gallium alloy is utilized as the conductive fluid in a switch or sensor housing. In order to prevent wetting of the interior walls of the switch or sensor housing, the liquid gallium or gallium alloy is either free of metal oxides or has only very low quantities of metal oxides.