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US 2020/0343066 A1Published application
Electrical contact assembly using silver graphite
AssigneeSensata Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJEROEN W.H. KORTE, CHENGYONG XIA
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an electrical contact assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a layer of a conducting metal, a layer of copper adjacent to the layer of conducting metal, and a face layer comprising silver graphite adjacent to the layer of copper.
Claims20
An electrical contact assembly comprising:
- a layer of a conducting metal;
- a layer of copper adjacent to the layer of conducting metal;
- and
- a layer comprising silver graphite adjacent to the layer of copper.
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A thermal overload relay comprising:
- a first contact assembly comprising:
- a layer of a conducting metal;
- a layer of copper adjacent to the layer of conducting metal;
- and
- a face layer comprising silver graphite adjacent to the layer of copper;
- a second contact assembly comprising:
- a layer of a conducting metal;
- a layer of copper adjacent to the layer of conducting metal;
- and
- a face layer adjacent to the layer of copper;
- a bimetal coupled to either the first contact assembly or the second contact assembly;
- and
- a heating element configured to adjust a current sensitivity of the bimetal.
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A method of forming a contact assembly, the method comprising:
- combining silver and graphite to form a silver graphite compound in solid form;
- creating graphite free portion of silver graphite compound;
- and
- combining the silver graphite compound with a layer of copper and a layer of a conducting metal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.