Patent ID: 7047635

Claim:
A method of connecting a certain object to another object, comprising: heating a connecting material located between an electronic component and a circuit board, wherein said connecting material includes (i) solder material, and (ii) dispersed particulate hydrogen storage metal material able to occlude hydrogen and selected from the group consisting of LaNi 5 , LaNi 4.5 Al 0.5 , Ti 0.88 Zr 0.12 Mn 1.0 V 0.4 Ni 0.6 , LaNi 4.5 Mn 0.5 , Mg 2 Ni, V and Zr, such that said solder material melts; and cooling said connecting material such that said solder material solidifies, whereby a connection portion is formed which interconnects said electronic component and said circuit board.