Patents by Inventor John W. Souter

John W. Souter 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).

  • Electrical contact surface coating
    Patent number: 4895771
    Abstract: A surface for providing an electrically conductive surface coating on an electrical contact body. The process resulting in such a coating comprises the steps of depositing upon the body surface in sequence, (a) a nickel layer, (b) a first gold layer, (c) a palladium/nickel alloy layer which may be an alloy containing nickel up to a proportion of 50% by weight, and (d) a second gold layer. All the layers may be deposited by an electrodeposition process.The resulting surface coating has excellent corrosion and wear resistance properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: AB Electronic Components Limited
    Inventors: John W. Souter, Michael C. Nottingham