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US 11,239,593 B2Granted
Electrical contact element for an electrical connector having microstructured caverns under the contact surface
AssigneesTE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Steinbeiss-Forschungszentrum
InventorsMichael Leidner, Frank Mucklich, Leander Reinert, Herr Kim Eric Trinh Quoc, Helge Schmidt, Stefan Thoss
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Abstract
An electrically conductive contact element for an electrical connector comprises a contact surface having a plurality of caverns arranged under the contact surface in a microstructure and an auxiliary material filled in the plurality of caverns.
Claims21
An electrically conductive contact element for an electrical connector, comprising:
- a contact surface having a plurality of caverns arranged under the contact surface in a microstructure;
- and
- an auxiliary material closed within the plurality of caverns by the contact surface arranged directly over each of the plurality of caverns.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an electrically conductive contact element including a contact surface having a plurality of caverns arranged directly under the contact surface in a microstructure and an auxiliary material closed within each of the plurality of caverns by the contact surface arranged directly over each of the plurality of caverns.
A method for enclosing an auxiliary material under a contact surface of an electrically conductive contact element, comprising:
- forming a microstructure at the contact surface;
- applying the auxiliary material onto the contact surface;
- and
- closing the auxiliary material within each of a plurality of caverns formed in the microstructure by forming the contact surface directly above each of the plurality of caverns.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.