(19)
(11) EP 0 318 831 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.09.1990 Bulletin 1990/39

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.06.1989 Bulletin 1989/23

(21) Application number: 88119564.8

(22) Date of filing: 24.11.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: H01R 13/03
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 02.12.1987 CA 553333

(71) Applicant: INCO LIMITED
Toronto Ontario, M5K 1N4 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bell, James Alexander Evert
    Ontario L6L 5Y9 (CA)
  • Hope, Douglas Albert
    Ontario L5K 1Z3 (CA)
  • Conard, Bruce Randolph
    Ontario L6L 3X4 (CA)
  • Babjak, Juraj
    Ontario L5B 2V4 (CA)

(74) Representative: Greenstreet, Cyril Henry et al
Haseltine Lake Partners Motorama Haus 502 Rosenheimer Strasse 30
D-81669 München
D-81669 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Electric power connectors


    (57) 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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