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US 10,763,052 B2Granted
Contact member, contact member production method, and push-button switch member equipped with contact member
AssigneeShin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.
InventorKazunobu Yokoyama
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Abstract
In a contact member, a mesh-like contact including one or more layers of a metal other than a noble metal is embedded in such a manner as to be exposed from one of the surfaces of a rubbery elastic body. The contact member includes a highly conductive metal coat layer only in the regions of the mesh-like contact which are exposed from the rubbery elastic body, the coat layer having conductivity higher than that of the metal on the outermost surfaces of the mesh-like contact.
Claims14
A contact member comprising:
- a meshed contact comprising one or more layers of a metal other than a noble metal, the meshed contact being embedded in one surface of a rubber-like elastic body in such a manner as to have a region partially exposed from the one surface while the rest of the meshed contact is entirely buried in the rubber-like elastic body,
- wherein a highly conductive metal coat layer having a higher conductivity than that of the metal in an outermost surface of the meshed contact is provided only on the region of the meshed contact partially exposed from the one surface of the rubber-like elastic body.
A contact member comprising:
- a rubber-like elastic body;
- a meshed contact comprises a metal other than a noble metal and partially embedded in the rubber-like elastic body;
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- a highly conductive metal coat layer,
- wherein the mesh contact has regions partially exposed from one surface while the rest of the meshed contact is entirely buried in the rubber-like elastic body, the highly conductive metal coat layer is on the regions of the meshed contact exposed from the one surface of the rubber-like elastic body and has a higher conductivity than that of the metal in an outermost surface of the meshed contact.
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