Patent ID: 9574280
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: C22C,C25D,H01R

Claim:
1. A contact comprising: a retaining section fixed by an insulator; a contact section which makes sliding contact with a conductive member; and an elastic deformation section which connects the retaining section and the contact section to each other and which is elastically deformable, at least the elastic deformation section containing a composition, made by electroforming, for making the contact, wherein the composition comprises: a nickel-cobalt alloy comprising greater than or equal to 1% by weight, and less than 20% by weight, of cobalt, and greater than or equal to 0.002 part by weight, and less than or equal to 0.1 part by weight of sulfur with respect to 100 parts by weight of the nickel-cobalt alloy, wherein the composition has an average particle size of greater than or equal to 0.07 μm, and less than or equal to 0.35 μm.