Contact probe having carbon film on surface thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9116173
APP PUB NO 20130049784A1
SERIAL NO

13697248

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A contact probe includes a base material, a carbon film provided on a tip of the contact probe and configured to contact with an electrode, and an intermediate layer provided between the carbon film and the base material. The carbon film includes a metal element. A concentration of the metal element in the carbon film surface is lower than an average concentration of the metal element in a whole of the carbon film. The carbon film further includes: a plurality of layers, each of the plurality of layers having a uniform concentration of the metal element along a direction of a thickness of the carbon film; a layer in which the concentration of the metal element is continuously changed along a direction of a thickness of the carbon film; or both thereof.

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  • KOBELCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.;KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.);KOBE STEEL, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hirano, Takayuki Kobe, JP 81 530
Kobori, Takashi Kobe, JP 11 195

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