US Patent Issued to NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, NGK INSULATORS on Jan. 28 for "Metal member and production method therefor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,313, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES INC. (Mine, Japan) and NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Metal member and production method therefor" was invented by Shigeru Yoshimura (Shimonoseki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal member includes a metal substrate, a first intermediate plating layer, a second intermediate plating layer, and a precious metal plating layer. The metal substrate includes a surface constituted of a plurality of crystal grains. The first intermediate plating layer is directly formed on the plurality of crystal grains of the metal substrate, contains a nickel element, and is ...