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Electric power connectors

CA 1331325 C · Owner: Inco Limited · Inventors: Conard, Bruce Randolph; Hope, Douglas Albert; Babjak, Juraj

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Electric power connectors made with at least one contacting component having a gold contacting surface wherein the gold contacting surface is metallurgically bonded to an underlying layer of nickel or nickel-rich alloy . At the contact surface the gold contains a total of about 1-10% by weight nickel with the amount of nickel generally increasing in the direction from the surface to the underlying metal the increase starting at a point inward of and remote from the contacting surface.

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  • Granted August 9, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 9, 2011.
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FiledDecember 2, 1987
GrantedAugust 9, 1994
Term endedAugust 9, 2011
Patent numberCA 1331325 C
Classification (IPC)H01R13/03

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19881991199419972000200320062009Application filedDec 2, 1987Patent grantedAug 9, 1994Term endedAug 9, 2011

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