Connector and connector pair
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorYasushi Sugizuru
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Abstract
A conductive member includes a main body part, a board connecting part positioned at a first end of the main body part, and a contact point part positioned at a second end of the main body part, the main body part, board connecting part, and contact point part each include exposed surfaces exposed outside of a housing, the main body part, board connecting part, and contact point part each include a metal base material and first to third layers formed on the metal base material, and the first layer is a nickel or nickel alloy plating layer, the second layer is a platinum group metal or platinum group metal alloy plating layer, the third layer is a gold or gold alloy plating layer, the thickness of the second layer is 2 to 200 [nm], and the thickness of the third layer is 0.2 to 15 [nm].
Claims13
A connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a conductive member,
- wherein
- the conductive member includes a main body part, a board connecting part positioned at a first end of the main body part, and a contact point part positioned at a second end of the main body part,
- the main body part, board connecting part, and contact point part each include exposed surfaces exposed outside of the housing,
- the main body part, board connecting part, and contact point part each include a metal base material and first to third layers formed on this metal base material, and
- the first layer is a nickel or nickel alloy plating layer, the second layer is a platinum group metal or platinum group metal alloy plating layer, the third layer is a gold or gold alloy plating layer, the thickness of the second layer is 2 to 200 [nm], and the thickness of the third layer is 0.2 to 15 [nm].
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.