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US 10,958,006 B2Granted
Contact element and method for production thereof
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorsMichael Leidner, Helge Schmidt, Stefan Thoss
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Abstract
A contact element comprises an electrically conductive layer and a masking layer. A contact side of the contact element is at least partly covered by the masking layer and the electrically conductive layer. The electrically conductive layer and the masking layer form a contact surface having alternating regions of the masking layer and the electrically conductive layer.
Claims17
A contact element, comprising:
- an electrically conductive layer;
- and
- a masking layer selectively disposed on portions of a contact side of the contact element for defining masked regions and unmasked regions of the contact side, the electrically conductive layer selectively disposed in the unmasked regions for forming a contact surface having alternating regions of the masking layer and the electrically conductive layer.
A method for producing a contact element, comprising:
- masking a substrate of the contact element with a masking layer;
- forming an unmasked region by partially removing the masking layer without removing a corresponding portion of the substrate covered by the masking layer;
- and
- after the step of forming the unmasked region, depositing an electrically conductive layer in at least part of the unmasked region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.