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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341802 | Feedthrough assembly and method A feedthrough is insulated and hermetically sealed by brazing a ceramic disk to a case cover and by brazing the top surface of the ceramic disk to the bottom surface of a feedthrough pinhead. Using this technique instead of forming a compression seal, the surface ar... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7220494 | Metal dusting resistant product A product resistant or immune to carburization, metal dusting, coking, oxidation, and having sufficient mechanical strength for use at temperatures greater than 400° C. The product consists of a load-bearing member and a corrosion resistant member, wherein the corr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7107676 | One piece foliated leads for sealing in light sources Manufacturing equipment and manufacturing process steps that improve upon prior art processes for the manufacturing of filament tube and arc tube light sources, their components and subassemblies, and lamps employing said light sources. A double ended, tipless filam... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094967 | Electrical feedthru A method and apparatus for electrically interfacing between two or more distinct environments. The method and apparatus are directed to an electrical feedthru with exterior traces traversing a core. The electrical feedthru may be very small, facilitating its use in ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7095175 | Foil seal lamp A foil seal lamp in which even when a high temperature of the seal area is reached oxidation of the molybdenum metal foils and the molybdenum outer leads which have been placed in the seal area can be reliably prevented, and in which a long service life can be obtai... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7064270 | Implantable device feedthrough assembly An implantable component including a feedthrough assembly and a method for forming the feedthrough assembly wherein a coating forming a fluid barrier over an insulator, an insulator-to-terminal pin interface and an insulator-to-ferrule interface is incorporated.... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6958446 | Compliant and hermetic solder seal A solder joint or seal attaching components having dissimilar coefficients of thermal expansion is made thin (e.g., less than 20 μm and preferably about 5 μm) and of a solder such as an indium-based solder that has a tendency to creep. The solder is toroidal or ot... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935549 | Brazing fixtures and methods for fabricating brazing fixtures used for making feed-through assemblies A brazing fixture for fabricating a feed-through assembly during a brazing process and a method for forming a brazing fixture are provided. The brazing fixture includes a holding tray and a nesting plate removably mounted on the holding tray. The nesting plate has a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933054 | Bearing material for the manufacture of wear-resistant slide bearings made of a copper-aluminum-alloy with defined cover layers A bearing material for the manufacture of wear-resistant slide bearings made of a Cu—Al-alloy, consisting of 0.01 to 20% Al, optionally further elements, the remainder copper and the common impurities. The slide bearing has for this purpose an outer, wear-reducing... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6933471 | Ceramic igniters with sealed electrical contact portion Robust ceramic igniters are provided that include an improved sealing system which can significantly enhance operational life of the igniter. Preferred igniters comprise a conductive cold zone and hot zone with higher resisitivity. A hermetic sealant material covers... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6903268 | Implantable device feedthrough assembly An implantable component including a feedthrough assembly and a method for forming the feedthrough assembly wherein a coating forming a fluid barrier over an insulator, an insulator-to-terminal pin interface and an insulator-to-ferrule interface is incorporated.... | 06/07/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6844502 | Hermetically sealed current conducting terminal assembly A hermetically sealed current conducting terminal assembly for installation in an opening in the wall of a housing. The terminal assembly includes a current conducting pin assembly comprising a first pin member electrically connected to a second pin member at a cond... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6812404 | Feedthrough device having electrochemical corrosion protection Feed through assemblies and methods for their manufacture are provided. The feedthrough assemblies include a ferrule, an insulating material contacting the ferrule, and a terminal extending through the ferrule and having first and second areas separated by an area c... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6674001 | Solder glass and electrical device employing same A solder glass which has, by weight: about 60 to 67% Sb2 O3 ; about 27 to 32% B2 O3 ; and from greater than 0 to 10% ZnO. The glass has a softening point between 388 and 466° C., depending on the ZnO content. T... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6570090 | Electrically conductive connection between a terminal electrode and a connecting wire In order to be able to produce an electrically conductive, positive connection between an end electrode of a gas-filled discharge path and a lead more simply in fabrication-oriented terms, the raised terminal region, which is provided at the end electrode... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6433276 | Surface mount feedthrough A microcircuit package feedthrough that relates to glass-to-metal seals, and more particularly, to feedthroughs for use in surfacemount microcircuit packages. The present invention can be used with surface mount technology such that it is a microcircuit p... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6274252 | Hermetic glass-to-metal seal useful in headers for airbags A hermetic glass-to-metal seal between a conductive pin and an outer body, wherein a corrosion-resistant noble metal (e.g., gold) coating is applied to the conductive pin before the hermetic seal is formed. The noble metal-coated conductive pin is located... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6239370 | Electrical line penetration through a housing wall An electrical line penetration through a housing wall made of plastic has electrical traces embedded in a flexible conductor. The electrical traces of the flexible conductor have electrical contact points on both sides of the housing wall. The flexible ci... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6229088 | Low profile electronic enclosure An electronic enclosure having a cover and a base member reduced in height by providing the necessary height on the decoupling area around and generally in the same vertical space as is occupied by the thickness of glass provided to hermetically seal the ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6156978 | Electrical feedthrough and its preparation An electrical feedthrough (34) is prepared by furnishing an aluminum oxide feedthrough plate (70) and at least one feedthrough pin (80) having a length greater than the thickness of the feedthrough plate (70). A pin bore (78) is formed through the feedthr... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6154188 | Integrated metallization for displays A flat-panel display including a substrate, a viewing screen, a non-conductive ring, many row conductive electrodes, conductive pads and column buses. The ring vacuum-seals a cavity between the substrate and the viewing screen. Coupled to one surface of t... | 11/28/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6107566 | Hermetic terminal structure A hermetic terminal assembly including a body member with a bottom portion and a surrounding boundary or flange portion with at least one current conducting pin sealed in an opening in the bottom portion and an over-surface stratum disposed in said body m... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6096979 | Terminal assembly and method of forming terminal assembly A primarily polycrystalline but partially amorphous electrical insulator can hermetically seal first and second spaced electrical terminals, one made from an anodized aluminum and the second made from a beryllium copper, Kovar, an alloy of iron and cobalt... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6037539 | Hermetic aluminum radio frequency interconnection and method for making The present invention provides a light-weight, hermetic coaxial radio-frequency (RF) interconnection having an electrically conductive outer housing made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a central electrical conductor made of ferrous or non-ferrous mater... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5998733 | Graphite aluminum metal matrix composite microelectronic package An electronic package includes a graphite-aluminum metal matrix composite (MMC) housing or support member that dissipates heat from an electronic component or circuit and a hermetic glass feedthrough seal between the graphite-aluminum MMC material and one... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5940279 | Metal support element for electronic components or circuit supports A metal support element having electronic components or circuit supports, in particular hybrid circuits, the connections of which are guided through from the component side, via a plurality of connector pins melted into glass passthroughs, to the opposite... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5929373 | High voltage feed through A high voltage feed through supplies power to a device through a passage in a wall of a vacuum chamber. The feed through includes a ceramic body comprising a first brazing surface, a second brazing surface, and a central passage for a conductor, a power s... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5767444 | Proximity switch with ceramic front surface and method for its manufacture A ceramic portion is inserted in the front side of the housing envelope by shrinking. At the the junction of these parts, a sealing layer, preferably a galvanized copper layer, is applied plied which ensures a connection which under the resulting pressure... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5759197 | Protective feedthrough A feedthrough configuration for a hermetically sealed implantable medical device includes a metal case having an aperture and a feedthrough in the aperture which includes a ferrule sealed in the aperture, a pin extending through the ferrule and the apertu... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5739466 | Casing for electronic components having insulated passages A molded part, in particular a casing for electronic components, includes a cast body made in one piece of a material selected from the group including metal and metal matrix composite, and having passages made of an electrically insulating material for r... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5675122 | Sealable electronics packages Apparatus for hermetically sealing materials that cannot be satisfactorily sealed directly to one another using conventional techniques are disclosed. A laminar sheet material having adjacent bonded dissimilar metallic layers is interposed between element... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5557066 | Molding compounds having a controlled thermal coefficient of expansion, and their uses in packaging electronic devices Plastic (or resinous) materials used to package (or support) electronic devices typically have thermal coefficients of expansion exceeding that of the device to be packaged. A "loading" material (agent) having a coefficient of expansion significantly less... | 09/17/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5387840 | Electric lamp having current conductors with a metal phosphide coating only on exposed portions thereof The electric lamp has a glass lamp vessel in the wall of which current conductors of molybdenum or tungsten are accommodated, which extend to the outside. Exclusively where the current conductors are in contact with gas, they have a skin of their own phos... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5368220 | Sealed conductive active alloy feedthroughs A method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed conductive feedthrough, particularly for use in ceramic substrates or housing, comprises the steps of inserting an active alloy containing preform into a predetermined insertion hole in a presintered ceramic... | 11/29/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5272283 | Feedthrough assembly for cochlear prosthetic package A cochlear prosthetic package having a cup-shaped titanium case with a ceramic plate; a plurality of hermetically-sealed feedthroughs are formed in the plate by sintering the plate with hollow metallic tubes located in plate holes and then sealing at leas... | 12/21/1993 |
