US Patent Issued to WIELAND ROLLED PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA on July 28 for "Silver-tin coating for electrical connectors, and electrical connectors with siliver-tin coatings" (Illinois, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,229, issued on July 28, was assigned to WIELAND ROLLED PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA LLC (Louisville, Ky.).

"Silver-tin coating for electrical connectors, and electrical connectors with siliver-tin coatings" was invented by Kelly S. Funke (Godfrey, Ill.) and Kon John (Crestwood, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A copper alloy electrical connector component has a coating thereon formed by applying a nickel layer of between about 5 Muin and about 20 Muin over the copper alloy; applying a copper layer of between about 7 Muin and about 18 Muin over the nickel layer; applying a total of between about 5 Muin and about 15 Muin silver layers and ...