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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:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Albert Drew, Warren, OH (US);
Mark S. Ricketts, Windsor, CA;
Bryan A. Gillispie, Warren, MI (US);
Yang-Tse Cheng, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Robert A. Suchanek, Cortland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ; B32B 1/508 ; H01H 1/02 ; C25D 1/500 ; B05D 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ; B32B 1/508 ; H01H 1/02 ; C25D 1/500 ; B05D 1/18 ;
Abstract
A low friction, low contact resistance coating for electrical terminal members, especially members made of copper base alloys and low carbon steel alloys and plastics, is formed of a coarse electroplate of tin or silver characterized by grains having an average dimension in the range of about 0.5 to 10 micrometers where such grains carry very small particles of polytetrafluoroethylene or the like having average diameters in the range up to about 0.30 micrometers.