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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yoshifumi Saka, Yokkaichi, JP;
Hajime Watanabe, Yokkaichi, JP;
Mikio Satou, Yokkaichi, JP;
Masayuki Ookubo, Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide a plated terminal for connector which requires a smaller insertion force by reducing a friction coefficient and a terminal pair formed using such a plated terminal for connector. An alloy containing layer () made of tin and palladium and containing a tin-palladium alloy is formed on a surface of a terminal base material () made of copper or copper alloy. Here, the alloy containing layer () is preferably such that domain structures of a first metal phase () made of an alloy of tin and palladium are formed in a second metal phase () made of pure tin or an alloy having a higher ratio of tin to palladium than in the first metal phase ().