Patents Examined by Morris H. Nummo
  • Conductor for a flat cable, and manufacturing method and equipment therefor
    Patent number: 5527997
    Abstract: A conductor for use in a flat cable includes thereon a tin or tin alloy plating the thickness of which is substantially uniform over the whole periphery of a flat conductor, in order to provide a conductor for use in a flat cable which can minimize variations in the plating thickness thereof, provide a good contact reliability with respect to a connector when it is used in a flat cable, and causes no increase in the contact resistance thereof in a humidity withstand test after it is inserted into and removed from the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruo Saen, Ryuzo Suzuki, Hiroshi Fujii, Atsushi Iizuka