Patents by Inventor Sylvia Arnell

Sylvia Arnell 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).

  • Contact element and a contact arrangement
    Patent number: 6838627
    Abstract: An element (20) for making an electric contact to another contact member (19) for enabling an electric current to flow between said element (20) and said contact member comprises a body having at least a contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer (21) to be applied against said contact member. This contact layer comprises a continuous film comprising a laminated multielement material having strong bonds, such as covalent or metallic bonds, within each atomic layer and weaker bonds, through larger bonding distance or for example as van der Waals bonds or hydrogen bonds, between at least some adjacent atomic layers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Peter Isberg, Björn Hellström, Bengt Stridh, Anna-Liisa Lönn, Rolf Gustafsson, Sylvia Arnell, Pan Min