Patents by Inventor Eddy Vincent

Eddy Vincent 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).

  • Electro-nickel plating activator composition, a method for using and a capacitor made therewith
    Patent number: 4806159
    Abstract: A plating activator composition that is largely silver is applied in a thin film to two surface areas of a ceramic chip capacitor. Subsequently, many such chip capacitors are electrolytically nickel plated, e.g. are electro-nickel barrel plated to provide two strongly adhered nickel terminals to the component. This activator composition consists essentially of at elast 85% Ag, from 0.1 to 7% Pd, from 1% to 10% of an element selected from Cu, Si, Bi, Zn, Fe, Ni, Sn, Zr, Nb, Sb, Mn and combinations thereof. These terminals are strong, truly conformal and are highly manufacturable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventors: Andre De Keyser, Luc Naessens, Eddy Vincent