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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2004
Peter Isberg, Västerås, SE;
Per Eklund, Linköping, SE;
Jens Emmerlich, Linköping, SE;
Lars Hultman, Linköping, SE;
Hans Högberg, Linköping, SE;
Henrik Ljungcrantz, Linköping, SE;
Peter Isberg, Västerås, SE;
Per Eklund, Linköping, SE;
Jens Emmerlich, Linköping, SE;
Lars Hultman, Linköping, SE;
Hans Högberg, Linköping, SE;
Henrik Ljungcrantz, Linköping, SE;
ABB Research Ltd., Zurich, CH;
Impact Coatings AB, Linkoping, SE;
Abstract
An element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the element and the contact member. The element includes a body having at least a contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer applied against the contact member. The contact layer includes a film including a multielement material with equal or similar composition as any of a layered carbide or nitride that can be described as MAX, where M is a transition metal or a combination of a transition metals, n is 1, 2, 3 or higher, A is an group A element or a combination of a group A element, element and X is Carbon, Nitrogen or both.