Patents by Inventor Mark Ricketts

Mark Ricketts 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).

  • Electroplated Ag-Ni-C electrical contacts
    Patent number: 5967860
    Abstract: Nesting electrical connectors comprising a substrate and a silver-nickel-carbon electrodeposit atop the substrate. The electrodeposit is at least about 0.5 micrometers thick, and comprises about 10 to about 25 atomic percent nickel which is dispersed as a discontinuous phase throughout a continuous phase of the silver and has a Scherrer grain size less than about 5 nanometers. The carbon comprises about 5 to about 15 atomic percent of the deposit and has a non-crystalline graphite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Ricketts, Dexter Dean Snyder, Robert F. Paluch, Mordechay Schlesinger, Chi Hung Leung