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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7339127 | Contact piece made of tungsten provided with a corrosion-resistant layer made of a base metal A contact piece is formed by a tungsten overlay soldered onto a support, wherein at least portions of the solder layer and optionally of the support are covered by a layer of a less noble metal than tungsten. The corrosion resistance of the tungsten overlay is consi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7180176 | Radiation plate and power semiconductor module IC package Heat dissipating plate (4) made of copper-base alloy is proposed that exhibits high degree of flatness after joining in the step of assembling power semiconductor modules, IC packages, etc., that will not crack in the solder (3) joint if subjected to h... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163753 | Arc-resistant terminal, arc-resistant terminal couple and connector or the like for automobile An arc-resistant terminal, couple, and connecter are provided. In an embodiment, a metal-based electrical contact portion thereof includes at least one of Cu, Ni or Sn, and not more than 0.06 mass % P, wherein the arc-resistant terminal capable of suppressing arc di... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160632 | Material for sliding contacts, clad composite material and small-sized DC motor using the same The invention provides a material for sliding contacts that is suitable for a small-sized DC motor used in recent downsized CD players and is excellent in durability. A material for sliding contacts used in a commutator of a small-sized DC motor that consists essent... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161369 | Method and apparatus for a wobble fixture probe for probing test access point structures A method and apparatus for a wiping fixture probe for cleaning oxides, residues or other contaminants from the surface of a solder bead probe and probing a solder bead probe on a printed circuit board during in-circuit testing. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154286 | Dual tapered spring probe A contact spring probe includes a plunger and a spring with a pair of opposed closed coils separated by an open coil. The plunger is secured at one end to one set of closed coils with a shoulder, flange or barb extending from the body of the plunger. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7015406 | Electric contact An electric contact comprises a main body consisting of a copper-based alloy or of stainless steel and a contact layer consisting of a gold-based alloy. The contact layer has a thickness of at least 0.3 μm and consists of gold with a content of 0.5 percent by weigh... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6974923 | Electric contact and breaker using the same A high quality electrical contact that is made of a Cd free Ag alloy and can be applied to a breaker is provided. The electrical contact is made of an Ag alloy containing Sn and In each 1 to 9% by weight, and has a first layer as the surface layer and a secon... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6740821 | Selectively configurable circuit board Embodiments of the invention provide thermally actuatable switches and selectively configurable circuit boards which may employ such switches. A circuit board of one embodiment includes a substrate having board leads and a plurality of electrical connectors arranged... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6655012 | Fabrication method of surge protector device and the device fabricated by the method In the fabrication of a surge protector device which utilizes breakdown phenomena of a resistive film, a case which fixes metal bars in it, makes electrical contacts with the metal bars and contains oxidizing and refractory agents, a cap, metal bars and o... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6638334 | Sliding contact material comprising Ag-Ni based alloy having Ni metal particles dispersed and clad composite material, and Dc compact motor using the same The present invention is aimed at providing a sliding contact material that has an alloy composition containing no harmful substance like Cd, especially excellent contact resistance properties, electrical functions that are good and is not subject to secu... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6350294 | Powder-metallurgically produced composite material and method for its production The present invention relates to powder-metallurgically produced composite material comprising a matrix of a metal with a melting point of at most 1,200° C. and a granular additive which consists of at least two refractory components embedded in said mat... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6210809 | Contact material The contact material of the present invention comprises: an anti-arcing constituent consisting of at least one TiC, V and VC of which the content is 30~70 volume % and whose mean particle (grain) size is 0.1~9 μm; C whose content is 0.005~0.5 weight % wi... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6133537 | Electric contact structure as well as relay and switch using the same The present invention provides an electric contact structure comprising a first contact surface and a second contact surface, wherein at least one of the first and second contact surfaces comprises an AuAgPd alloy including 7-16% by weight of Ag and 1-10%... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6107582 | Vacuum valve A vacuum valve which has a contact material having a constituent of high electrical conductivity such as Cu and an anti-arcing constituent including Cr in which particles whose particle size is in the range 0.1~150 μm represent at least 90 volume %, and ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6027821 | Contact material for vacuum interrupter and method for producing the same A contact material for a vacuum interrupter including, a conductive component including at least Cu, and an arc-proof component including at least one selected from the group consisting of carbides of W, Zr, Hf, V and Ti. An amount of the conductive compo... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5985440 | Sintered silver-iron material for electrical contacts and process for producing it Sintered silver-iron material for electrical contacts, with properties comparable with those of silver-nickel materials, is obtained by using iron powder having more than 0.25% carbon by weight and microhardness higher than 200 HV 0.025 and sintering in a... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5972068 | Contact material for vacuum valve The vacuum valve contact material of the present invention is manufactured by a step of mixing an anti-arc constituent powder and a conductive constituent powder, a step of forming, and a step of sintering the formed body below the melting point of the co... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5972131 | Ag-Cu alloy for a sliding contact An Ag--Cu alloy for a sliding contact containing: a) 0.1 to 8.0 wt. % of Cu, based on the weight of the alloy, wherein at least 70 wt. % of the Cu contained in the alloy is solid-solubilized in an Ag--phase; and b) 0.1 to 4.0 wt. %, based on the weight ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5973283 | Tearable membrane switch with resinous bounded silver-palladium alloy contacts A membrane switch having a pair of flexible printed boards and a pair of contacts respectively disposed on said printed boards. The contacts are formed of powdered alloy of silver and palladium bounded by resinous material, and a conductive layer of silve... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5876862 | Sliding contact material, clad compoosite material, commutator employing said material and direct current motor employing said commutator Sliding contacts comprising alloys such as Pd/Cu/Ag, Pt/Cu/Ag, Pd/Cu/Ag/Ni, Pt/Cu/Ag/Ni, Ag/Pd/Cu,Au, Ag/Pt/Cu/Au and two-layered composites comprising a surface layer of one of the foregoing alloys and a base layer comprised of copper or a copper-contain... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5808213 | Silver-iron material for electrical switching contacts (II) Silver-iron materials for electrical switching contacts with properties which come very close to those of silver-nickel materials formed of 4.6 to 15% by weight iron and 0.05 to 5% by weight of one or more of the oxides magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, ytt... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5781993 | Method for preventing oxidization of a silver-cadmium object A one-sided oxidized silver-cadmium object is formed. One side of a silver-cadmium object is covered with a non-silver-cadmium shield to enable the one side to resist oxidation. Then the object is oxidized under conditions that leave substantially unoxidi... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5679471 | Silver-nickel nano-composite coating for terminals of separable electrical connectors A thin film silver-nickel coating for use as a protective coating on electrical terminals of separable electrical connectors. The silver-nickel coating is a silver-nickel nano-composite material characterized by silver and nickel grains having an average ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5594220 | Rotary switch with cam operated sliding contact engaging noble metal stationary contact bar surface In a rotary switch, a manually rotatable shaft turns a disk which has a plurality of riser cam segments on one of its faces. Stepwise rotation of the disk causes the cam segments to press down on flat spring contacts arranged in the switch to put the tip ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5516995 | Electrical contact compositions and novel manufacturing method A new class of low chop contact materials based on Ag-chromium carbide and Ag-Cr compositions have an essentially 100% dense, porosity free microstructure. These materials combine the advantageous properties of Ag-WC and Cu-Cr contacts without their disad... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5451272 | Silver-oxide electric contact material for use in switches for high current A silver-oxide material for electric contacts of high-current switches, having excellent deposition resistance and consumption resistance. The material is formed by subjecting to an internal oxidation treatment an Ag alloy consisting essentially, by weigh... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5420384 | Contact material for a vacuum interrupter A contact material for a vacuum interrupter includes: (a) from 25 to 70% by volume of a highly conductive component selected from the group consisting of Ag, Cu and combinations thereof, and (b) from 30 to 75% by volume of an arc-proof component comprisin... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5409762 | Electric contact materials, production methods thereof and electric contacts used these The present invention provides inexpensive electric contact materials having higher hardness and higher melting point and being more excellent in the points of wear resistance and environmental resistance over the electric contact materials of Ag type, Au... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5338618 | Electric contact material and electric contact using said material An electric contact material containing Li oxide of 0.01 to 2.0% by weight when represented in terms of the amount of Li, oxide of at least one rare earth element of 0.05 to 0.18% by weight when represented in terms of the amount of the rare earth element... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5270501 | Copper-based sintered alloy electrode for use in ignition distributor of internal combustion engine An electrode for an ignition distributor of an internal combustion engine is disclosed which is made of a copper-based sintered alloy. The alloy contains a copper matrix, and grains of Al2 O3 having an average grain size of 10 to 100... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5246512 | Contact for a vacuum interrupter The present invention relates to a contact for a vacuum interrupter obtained by processing a contact-forming material comprising from 20% to 60% by weight of Cr, Bi in an amount of from 0.05% to 1.0% by weight of the total amount of Cu and Bi, and the bal... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5233143 | High-power gas switch with hydride electrodes A high-power, high-repetition-rate spark gap switch having metal-hydride electrodes is provided The spark gap switch is configured with a trigger and two electrodes fabricated with metal hydrides. The hydride metals may be selected from a variety of alloy... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5207842 | Material based on silver and tin oxide for the production of electrical contacts; electrical contacts thus produced The present invention relates to novel materials based on silver and tin oxide for the production of electrical contacts as well as the electrical contacts thus produced. According to the invention, these materials contain at least 6% by weight of tin oxi... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5066550 | Electric contact In an electric contact having a Cu-based layer, a Ni-based layer formed on the Cu-based layer, and a Pd-based layer formed on the Ni-based layer, the Ni-based layer having a thickness of at least 0.8 μm is so formed as to include a noncrystal nickel allo... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5045281 | Contact forming material for a vacuum interrupter A contact forming material for a vacuum interrupter comprising: from 25% to 65% by weight of a highly conductive component comprising Ag and Cu, and from 35% to 75% by weight of an arc-proof component selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Zr, M... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4980245 | Multi-element metallic composite article A metallic composite alloy composition useful in electrical components comprises at least one base metal alloy constituent metallurgically bonded to at least one noble metal alloy constituent. A process for producing the metallic composite alloy comprises... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4933520 | Electrical contact for use in electromagnetic relay An electrical contact is provided for use in an electromagnetic relay. The electrical contact includes an outer coating containing an element of the VA Group such as antimony, arsenic, phosphorus or bismuth. Thus, the electrical contact does not serve as ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4922068 | Densified braided switch contact An electrical switch assembly is made with a braided electrical conductor having a densified end which has reduced porosity from the braided wire. Preferably, the densified end is formed by squeezing copper wires with a solder matrix to reduce the air in ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4904317 | Erosion resistant Ag-SnO2 electrical contact material An erosion resistant electrical contact material and a method of making the material is described. The material comprises from about 10 to about 20 volume percent of SnO2, from about 0.45 to about 1.2 volume percent of an oxide selected from th... | 02/27/1990 |
