Patents by Inventor Holly Ubellacker

Holly Ubellacker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Precious-metal-alloy contacts
    Patent number: 10998657
    Abstract: Contacts that can be highly corrosion resistant, can be readily manufactured, and can conserve precious materials. One example can provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer can be plated with a hard, durable, wear and corrosion resistant plating stack for further corrosion resistance and wear improvement. The resources consumed by a contact can be reduced by forming a bulk or substrate region of the contact using a more readily available material, such as copper or a material that is primarily copper based.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hani Esmaeili, Kenneth Michael Bagwell, Holly Ubellacker, Judy Hsien-Chih Liu, Eric S. Jol, Christoph Bitterlich, Michael W. Barnstead, Christoph Werner
  • PRECIOUS-METAL-ALLOY CONTACTS
    Publication number: 20200006880
    Abstract: Contacts that can be highly corrosion resistant, can be readily manufactured, and can conserve precious materials . One example can provide contacts having a layer of a precious-metal alloy to improve corrosion resistance. The precious-metal-alloy layer can be plated with a hard, durable, wear and corrosion resistant plating stack for further corrosion resistance and wear improvement. The resources consumed by a contact can be reduced by forming a bulk or substrate region of the contact using a more readily available material, such as copper or a material that is primarily copper based.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hani Esmaeili, Kenneth Michael Bagwell, Holly Ubellacker, Judy Hsien-Chih Liu, Eric S. Jol, Christoph Bitterlich, Michael W. Barnstead, Christoph Werner