Patent ID: 8487201
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: B82Y,H01H

Abstract:
1. A contact element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between said contact element and said contact member, said contact element comprising: a body having at least one contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer to be applied against said contact member, said contact layer comprising a nanocomposite film having a matrix and crystallites of nano-size, embedded therein, wherein portions of said matrix separating adjacent said crystallites of said nanocomposite film have a thickness providing said matrix and hence said film with an electrical conductivity determined by a substantially two-dimensional character of said matrix, wherein said matrix has a thickness between a majority of adjacent said crystallites not exceeding 10, 7, 5, 3, 2 or 1 atomic or molecular layer/layers.