Electrical conductivity-enhancing and protecting material
First Claim
1. A material for protecting and enhancing the conductivity of electrical connections, comprising a fluid corrosion retarding, organic carrier medium, including silicones, suspending a solid particulate component therein for distributing and retaining the particulate component on an electrical connection, and an electrically conductive component in particulate form, selected from the group consisting of silver, nickel, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, carbon black, alloys of said group and particles coated with a member of said group, mixed with and suspended in the carrier medium, and being present in the amount of 0.015 to 0.15 volumes of said component per one volume of said carrier medium for facilitating electron transfer by providing multiple, parallel conductive paths for electrical current flow.
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Abstract
A material for enhancing the conductivity and protecting electrical contacts, the material having two basic components. The first basic component normally serves to limit corrosion between the contacts and to suspend and suitably distribute the second, or conductive component. This first component, or carrier medium, may be one or more of the following: rosin-derived hard resin, petroleum jelly, petroleum wax and a benzyl phthalate plasticizer for limiting corrosion, effecting adhesion of the material to electrical contacts, and providing body to the material for distributing the conductive component. The second component is an electrically conductive, particulate component such as, for example, metallic silver which enhances the conductivity and actively reduces the resistance by supplying multiple, parallel conductive paths for electrical current flow, filling in surface irregularities in the contacts, and penetrating surface films. The conductive component may be in powder, coarse pigment, or flake form. Upon application to electrical contacts, the present material increases and maintains conductivity at the heightened level.
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- 1. A material for protecting and enhancing the conductivity of electrical connections, comprising a fluid corrosion retarding, organic carrier medium, including silicones, suspending a solid particulate component therein for distributing and retaining the particulate component on an electrical connection, and an electrically conductive component in particulate form, selected from the group consisting of silver, nickel, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, carbon black, alloys of said group and particles coated with a member of said group, mixed with and suspended in the carrier medium, and being present in the amount of 0.015 to 0.15 volumes of said component per one volume of said carrier medium for facilitating electron transfer by providing multiple, parallel conductive paths for electrical current flow.
- 13. A material for protecting and enhancing the conductivity of electrical connections, comprising an electrically conductive component of particulate material for enlarging contact areas and penetrating surface films on the electrical connections, and a corrosion retarding, organic carrier medium, including silicones, for effecting adhesion of said material to an electrical connection, said material being a mixture of said carrier medium and said conductive component, with said component being suspended in and distributed by said medium, and having 0.015 to 0.15 volumes of said electrically conductive component to one volume of said carrier medium, wherein said electrically conductive component is at least one of the components selected from the group consisting of silver, nickel, tin, lead, tungsten, copper, carbon black, alloys of said group, and particles coated with a member of said group, and is distributed in particulate form throughout said carrier medium.
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25. In an electrical connection protective material of a fluid, corrosion retarding carrier medium:
an electrical conductivity enhancing component in particulate form distributed in said medium, said component being selected from the group consisting of silver, nickel, copper, tin, lead, tungsten, carbon black, alloys of said group, and particles coated with a member of said group, forming a mixture with the carrier medium and being present in the amount of 0.015 to 0.15 volumes of said component per one volume of said carrier medium for facilitating electron transfer by providing multiple, parallel conductive paths for electrical current flow. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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