Tape-shaped contact member and method for manufacturing same

Abstract

Provided is a tape-shaped contact member including a tape-shaped contact material. At least one wire-shaped brazing material is bonded to the tape-shaped contact material, at least one projection including the brazing material and protruding from a surface of the contact material is formed in a cross-sectional shape, a diffusion region containing a metal component forming the brazing material is formed along an interface with the brazing material inside the contact material, and the diffusion region has a thickness of 2 μm or more and 10 μm or less. A chip-shaped contact component can be obtained by cutting the tape-shaped contact member to an arbitrary length. The present contact component is useful as a constituent member for a switching electrical contact, and capable of adapting to height reduction of the electrical contact. The present invention can also contribute to reduction of occurrence of poor bonding.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.