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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7365620 | Microwave window with a two part metallic frame having different coefficients of thermal expansion An RF feed-through connector has a single pin or multi-pins supported and hermetically sealed between a first portion of the connector facing the hermetically sealed interior portion of an electronics-containing housing and a second portion of the connector exposed ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358440 | Rain shielded box for exiting through siding A mounting box for installation on an exterior wall of a building. The mounting box has a box-shaped structure having a substantially horizontally disposed top surface when in situ, a nailing flange around a perimeter of the box-shaped structure, a downwardly and ou... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7164142 | Electrical feed-through structure and method Electrical lead-through systems from atmospheric into vacuum environments are presented. Electrical feed-through structures (EFTS) comprised of a multiplicity of parallel connection lines used to operate e-beam tip-array sources in high vac environments for chip lit... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7145076 | Method for minimizing stress in feedthrough capacitor filter assemblies A feedthrough terminal pin assembly includes an outer ferrule hermetically sealed through a braze joint to an insulator seated within the ferrule is described. The insulator is also hermetically brazed to at least one terminal pin. The terminal pin is provided with ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7046499 | Internally grounded filtering feedthrough A feedthrough device includes a conductive ferrule having an outer peripheral surface defining the outermost boundary of the feedthrough device, an insulator, a lead wire electrically isolated from the ferrule extending through the insulator, a filter capacitor adja... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7024737 | Method for producing an electronic or electrical component with a plastic-passivated surface A simple method for passivation of a component is presented which is particularly suitable for processing high-viscosity plastics. The component is arranged in a preproduced plastic body and is connected to the body. This method is proposed for the production of a p... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6956167 | Lid-holding frame used in production of hollow-package type electronic products, and sealing-process using such lid-holding frame A lid-member holder is used to define envelopers encapsulating electronic components in production of hollow-package type electronic products. A plurality of lid members are temporarily held by the holder body. The lid members are arranged so as to be consistent wit... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6918617 | Self-centering soldered feed-through A soldered feed-through device that is inserted into a bulkhead opening has one or more sets of laterally protruding and symmetrically distributed teeth that cut through the bulkhead material as the feed-through is inserted into the bulkhead opening. The teeth autom... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6861586 | Electrical shield for a welding apparatus A welding apparatus having a metal enclosure and a plastic end panels affixed to the enclosure to contain therein the various electrical components of the welding apparatus. There is an internal negative electrical stud within the metal enclosure that has a high vol... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6852925 | Feed-through assemblies having terminal pins comprising platinum and methods for fabricating same A feed-through assembly for an IMD and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The feed-through assembly has a ferrule having a first aperture disposed therethrough. An insulating member is disposed at least partially within the first aperture. The insulatin... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6841731 | Terminal assembly A terminal assembly and terminal installation. In one embodiment, the terminal assembly includes a body having a longitudinal opening therethrough and a shoulder. The terminal assembly is installed in an aperture adapted to receive and join the body to a wall with a... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6809259 | Through terminal and X-ray tube This invention aims to provide a through terminal capable of maintaining air-tightness stably and an X-ray tube having the through terminal. The through terminal includes a tubular member, a plate member formed of an insulating ceramic material and bonded to an inne... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6797887 | Glass terminal for high-speed optical communication A glass terminal for high-speed optical communication. The glass terminal includes an eyelet member provided with an inserting hole, a signal lead being inserted into the inserting hole and sealed with the eyelet member using glass filled in the inserting hole and a... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6586675 | Feedthrough devices A feedthrough device having a ground wire that is coupled to both a metallic ferrule and to an insulating material and methods of making the device are provided. The ground wire is coupled or brazed between, adjacent to, or otherwise in direct contact wit... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6433275 | Watertight housing for electrical devices The invention is a watertight plastic housing for an electrical device, having a base 2, a lid 12 of a size and shape to be friction-induced welded 13 to base 2. The housing has a fixed male-threaded nipple 1, which is hollow (opening 5), permitting wires... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6245993 | Electronic assembly having shielding and strain-relief member Hermetically sealed electrical leads emanating from the neck portion of a conductive housing extend through a sleeve member that includes conductive and non-conductive parts. The sleeve member is dimensioned to firmly engage the neck portion of the housin... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6137053 | Electric double-layer capacitor housing An electric double-layer capacitor housing has a bottomed outer case for accommodating an electric double-layer capacitor therein, a lid closing an open end of the bottomed outer case, the lid having a through hole defined therein, an electrode terminal m... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6111198 | Duplex feedthrough and method therefor A conductive feedthrough for providing electrical current to semiconductor packages. A conductive wall portion of a semiconductor package contains an insulating material disposed in an aperture in the conductive wall. The insulating material has an axial ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6078501 | Power semiconductor module An electronic module or package is disclosed for providing high reliability and high performance operation. The package comprises a hermetically sealed enclosure having a metallic baseplate and a ceramic cover, and containing one or more circuits or devic... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5917150 | Mineral-insulated cable terminations A mineral-insulated cable termination offering hermetic sealing of the cable end at temperatures in excess of 300° C. having a metal spacer or extension sealed to the cable sheath which matches the cable conductor in thermal expansion, and a high-expansi... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5861577 | Seal structure for member-passing-through hole bored in metal partition member A seal structure in which a hole (5) is defined by a metal base member (4) as a partition member for partitioning the regions on the opposite sides thereof to a gas tight or liquid tight state and a member passes through the hole (5) and extends therefrom... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5734103 | Sealed wire entry for instrument housing and method of sealing A sealed wire entry port for a housing (10) having a base (12) and a top (11), and a body of sealing material (16) joining the top (11) to the base (12) and a pair of insulated wires (21) in which the insulation (31) is removed where the wires (21) run th... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5525759 | Pin-shaped feedthrough A feedthrough extending through the wall of an enclosure includes a body portion having a stem portion extending through the wall and a head portion abutting against the wall. The feedthrough assembly further includes a seal member and a biasing member to... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5491300 | Penetrator and flexible circuit assembly for sealed environment A penetrator and flexible circuit apparatus comprises a penetrator housing having a passageway through which at least one elongated flat flexible circuit having a plurality of parallel electrical traces is placed. A retention material substantially occupi... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5308925 | Conductive pin assembly for a machine housing A conductive pin assembly arrangement for a wall opening of a machine housing including a removable plate in sealed relation to the wall opening, the plate having at least one opening extending therethrough, and a conductive sleeve and pin assembly extend... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5194697 | Electrically conductive feedthrough connection and methods of manufacturing same A mechanically heavily loadable and high-vacuum-tight feedthrough connection through a hole (2) of a high-temperature-resistant and vacuum-proof insulating part (1), particularly of ceramic, glass, or a single crystal, is disclosed which can be produced i... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4874910 | High lead density vacuum feedthrough A vacuum feedthrough includes a metal case having elongated, closely spaced, parallel sidewalls and short, conjoining endwalls with a plurality of leads extending through the case open interior; the leads being arranged in closely spaced, parallel, side-b... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4684763 | Hermetically sealable package for electronic component A hermetically sealable package for electronic component comprising a metallic base member and a metallic lid member, in which the metallic base member has lead wires penetrating therethrough under insulation. The base member or lid member is provided on ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4547624 | Method and apparatus for reducing package height for microcircuit packages An offset weld ring is brazed or soldered to the top surface of a flat pack frame to provide an offset weld surface for the welding of a lid to the package in which the heat applied during the welding process is moved away from the glass feedthroughs in t... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4356344 | Metal-plastic header assembly A hermetic enclosure assembly having a metal header cover with interior and exterior portions and defining a plurality of apertures. A header body of rigid plastic material is adhered to and fills a substantial part of the interior portion of the header c... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4033017 | Manufacturing method of a hermetically sealed terminal The component parts of a hermetically sealed terminal is a terminal plate made by utilizing chemical etching technique, lead wires, a glass material and an outer frame. All component parts are assembled in moulds, and hermetically sealed by one heating pr... | 07/05/1977 |