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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd., Inazawa-shi, Aichi, JP;
Tomohisa Kurita, Kasugai, JP;
KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Inazawa-Shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A contact member includes a base portion including a joint portion solderable to a first conductor; and an elastic contact portion formed continuously to the base portion and including a contact portion contactable with a second conductor. The base portion and the elastic contact portion form an integrated molded body include a metal thin plate having electrical conductivity and spring characteristic. The plate is a clad material including two or more metal layers stacked in a plate thickness direction of the plate, a first layer serving as one surface layer of the two or more stacked metal layers includes a metal member having a spring characteristic, and a second layer serving as another surface layer of the two or more stacked metal layers includes an aluminum member, the joint portion includes the first layer or the first layer that is plated, and the contact portion includes the second layer.