ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,012, issued on July 22, was assigned to Atomic Machines Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.).
"Stabilized liquid-solid electrical contact" was invented by Eric Meshot (Emeryville, Calif.), William Boettcher (Emeryville, Calif.), Gregory C. Ghahramani (Emeryville, Calif.) and James Stolken (Emeryville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical contact is provided that includes a conductive base contact. The electrical contact may include a layer of a second material resistant to reaction with a liquid metal. The layer of second material may be bonded to the base contact. The electrical contact may include a layer of a third material. T...