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US 5,845,836 AGranted
Friction welding non-metallics to metallics
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDawn Roberta White, Richard Lawrence Allor, John Scott Badgley, Jerald Edward Jones
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Abstract
An aluminum clip useful for being bonded to glass and serving as a terminal for an electrical lead circuit in or on such glass, comprising: an aluminum-based body having a cup shape. The cup shape having a substantially flat surface; an ultra thin pad of noble metal adhered to the substantially flat surface, the pad presenting a surface roughness in the range of 1-5 microns.
Claims1
An aluminum clip, useful for bonding to glass and useful as a terminal for an electrical lead circuit in or on such glass, comprising:
- (a) an aluminum-based body having a cup shape, said cup shape having a bottom with a substantially flat surface;
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- (b) an ultra thin pad of noble metal adhered to said substantially flat surface, said pad presenting a surface roughness in the range of 1-5 microns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.