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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. 17, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Lee Tribble, Holland, OH (US);
Michael Earl Garrett, Toledo, OH (US);
Robert Scott Ingham, Toledo, OH (US);
Timothy George Timko, Swanton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
445-7 ; 313141 ;
Abstract
A method of affixing a precious metal to an electrode includes placing a length edge of a generally cylindrical, precious metal wire on an electrode surface and resistance welding the wire to the electrode surface. The precious metal may include platinum.