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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:
Jul. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinichiro Banba, Komatsu, JP;
Hiroji Tani, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174257 ; 174264 ; 174266 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an electronic component includes a substrate, and a calcined electrode provided on the substrate, characterized in that the electrode includes a base metal in addition to a noble metal, and the base metal undergoes oxidative expansion on calcination so that the dimensional retention of the baked electrode on calcination is not lower than about 0.6. Dimensional retention means the ratio of the electrode thickness after calcination to the electrode dry thickness before calcination. The baked electrode suffers from neither discontinuity nor separation from the inner wall of through-holes due to shrinkage on calcination.