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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2003
Thomas Hubert Van Steenkiste, Ray, MI (US);
George Albert Drew, Warren, OH (US);
Daniel William Gorkiewicz, Washington, MI (US);
Bryan A. Gillispie, Warren, MI (US);
Thomas Hubert Van Steenkiste, Ray, MI (US);
George Albert Drew, Warren, OH (US);
Daniel William Gorkiewicz, Washington, MI (US);
Bryan A. Gillispie, Warren, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to electrical contacts that comprise spaced electrically conductive particles embedded and bonded into the surface of conductors in which the particles have been kinetically sprayed onto the conductors with sufficient energy to form direct mechanical bonds between the particles and the conductors in a pre-selected location and particle number density that promotes high surface-to-surface contact and reduced contact resistance between the conductors.