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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6209353 | Method for producing an object having a flange and apparatus therefor A known method for producing an object having a flanged tubular portion at the outer periphery, comprises supplying a continuously extended, cylindrical body made of the flange material to a welding zone at the tubular portion of the object and welding th... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5547484 | Methods of making metallic glass foil laminate composites A process for the fabrication of a rapidly solidified foil laminate composite. An amorphous metallic glass foil is flux treated and coated with solder. Before solidification of the solder the foil is collected on a take-up spool which forms the composite ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5509952 | Method for bonding a fiber to a sleeve for fiber optic packaging applications In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of increasing the attachment bond strength between a first and second object comprising respective first and second materials. Each of the first and second materials has a respective first coeffic... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5472471 | Process for the production of an optical fiber bundle for heat resistance and vacuum resistance by bonding fiber ends with a bonding glass An optical fiber bundle for heat resistance and vacuum resistance which can be used even at a very high temperature or high vacuum is provided in economical manner. This is accomplished by a process for the production of an optical fiber bundle for heat r... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5294241 | Method for making glass to metal seals A method for making a seal between a sealing glass and titanium by forming a nitride layer on the titanium and then sealing the glass to the nitrided titanium. The formation of the nitride layer can be accomplished by the steps of placing the titanium in ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5143531 | Hermetic fiber optic-to-metal connection technique A glass-to-glass hermetic sealing technique is disclosed which can be used to splice lengths of glass fibers together. A solid glass preform is inserted into the cavity of a metal component which is then heated to melt the glass. An end of an optical fibe... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4612029 | Method and apparatus for performing in-situ vacuum-assisted metal to glass sealing A method and apparatus for assembling and fusing glass to metal in a glass-metal electrical component is disclosed. The component includes a metallic shell formed with upper and lower cylindrical recesses connected together by longitudinal passages, a pai... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4587144 | Low loss, compression, hermetic glass-to-metal-seal and method Glass-to-metal hermetic seal of the compression type in which a central metal eyelet is sealed to a central conductor, the eyelet being bondable to and having a coefficient of expansion characteristic compatible with glass in which the eyelet is made non-... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4566892 | Method for forming glass to metal seals in structural members A baseplate is made up of a metal stamped eyelet for the production of glass to metal seals. The baseplate has bores for accommodating respective metallic leads and insulating glass beads. The bores have on their inner walls abutments arranged at the lowe... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4514207 | Method for making terminal assembly for heart pacemaker First and second members spaced from each other are hermetically sealed by fused insulating materials. The insulating materials are partially amorphous and partially crystalline. The insulating materials have substantially identical characteristics. Howev... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4512791 | Hermetically sealed insulating assembly First and second spaced members are hermetically sealed by a partially amorphous and partially crystalline insulating material. The insulating material is non-hygroscopic and is able to withstand forces of about 26,000 psi at about 700° F. It may provide... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4507522 | Terminal assembly A hollow sleeve is made from an electrically conductive material and is provided with an integral shelf having at least one hole extending through the shelf. A terminal pin extends through the hole in spaced relationship to the shelf. The terminal pin may... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4461926 | Hermetically sealed insulating assembly First and second spaced members are hermetically sealed by a partially amorphous and partially crystalline insulating material. The insulating material is non-hygroscopic and is able to withstand forces of about 26,000 psi at about 700° F. It may provide... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4456786 | Terminal assembly for heart pacemaker First and second members spaced from each other are hermetically sealed by fused insulating materials. The insulating materials are partially amorphous and partially crystalline. The insulating materials have substantially identical characteristics. Howev... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4436955 | Terminal assembly A terminal assembly includes a ferrule and a terminal pin disposed in spaced relationship to the ferrule. First layers made from a first ceramic insulating material are disposed in spaced relationship to each other in the space between the terminal pin an... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4430376 | Glass-to-metal compression sealed lead-in structure A glass-to-metal compression sealed lead-in structure for electronic devices. The structure is constituted by an outer metal case having a high coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), a lead-in conductor extending through the opening in the case and havin... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4425476 | Progressively fused ceramic seals between spaced members such as a terminal pin and a ferrule A ferrule is provided with an opening extending through the ferrule and a terminal pin is disposed in the opening in spaced relationship to the ferrule. A plurality of insulating members are disposed on the terminal pin in the opening in a stacked relatio... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4421947 | Polycrystalline insulating material seals between spaced members such as a terminal pin and a ferrule A material hermetically seals two members. One member may be titanium or a titanium alloy and the other member may be a noble metal such as platinum. The seal is resistant to acids and alkalis and is substantially impervious to shocks resulting from mecha... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4337997 | Energy reflector and method of making A flexible radiant energy reflecting surface, including a laminate composed of a metal ply, a glass ply having a front face and a rear face, the glass ply being bonded over its entire rear face to the metal ply, in an inter-ply bond, and a radiant-energy ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4199340 | Method of forming corrosion-resistant glassceramic-to-metal seals Corrosion-resistant, hermetic glassceramic-to-metal seals are made in a single rapid heating step by inserting a glass preform made of 25-35% by weight ZnO, 2.5-10% by weight Al2 O3 and 30-60% SiO2 together with optional n... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4180700 | Alloy composition and brazing therewith, particularly for _ceramic-metal seals in electrical feedthroughs New alloys containing gold, vanadium, yttrium and/or scandium, optionally including niobium. The alloys are particularly suitable for brazing and for metallizing, most particularly for brazing hermetic ceramic-metal seals. Unique brazing structures and me... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4178164 | Method for making a glass-to-metal seal for electrochemical cells A glass-to-metal seal for an electrochemical cell terminal includes a formed apertured plate and a tack-shaped terminal pin. The formed apertured plate has a relief ring of concavo-convex configuration and the terminal pin has the vertical section thereof... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4162826 | Sight glass assembly and method for its production A high impact sight glass assembly and production method are described, in which the glass lens is fused into an enamel coated metal ring such that the glass lens is fused to the enamel coating and the entire glass area is under compression. The glass len... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4103416 | Method of manufacturing an hermatically sealed electrical terminal An electrical terminal device comprises a metallic body or support cut through which an iron-chronmium alloy, conductive lead wire extends in an insulated and sealed manner. The free ends of the lead wire or wires extend out of the cup. A glass-to-metal s... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4083710 | Method of forming a metal pattern on an insulating substrate A first die having a relief pattern is employed to provide predetermined shape and relative positioning for a first plurality of metal strips. A second die is similarly employed for a second plurality of metal strips Without removing the metal strips from... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4066427 | Bonding method using a soldering glass A method for bonding together a pair of members comprising positioning a layer of soldering glass between the pair of members, melting the glass, bonding the members into the molten glass and cooling the members. One of the members may be conductive with ... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4047292 | Process for forming an electrically insulating seal between a metal lead and a metal cover A metal body, for example, a cover for hermetically sealed electrochemical cells, is relatively flexible and electrically conductive. An aperture is provided within the body to receive an electrically insulating material, such as glass, which mounts a ter... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4033668 | Solderable glass splices, terminations and hermetic seals The present invention relates to the joining of a first glass member, such as an optical fiber, to a second member by means of solderable splices and terminations which additionally can form hermetic seals. To form the splice, termination or seal, the per... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4025379 | Method of making laminated magnetic material An extrusion billet is fabricated from layers of soft magnetic material separated by one or more metal layers. The billet is coreduced and heat treated to impart the desired magnetic properties to the soft magnetic material and also to form intermetallic ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4008945 | Ultraviolet-transmitting window for a PROM An ultraviolet-transmitting glass window assembly comprising a metallic mounting ring containing an ultraviolet-transmitting glass is made by placing a preformed ultraviolet-transmitting glass member in the center of the metallic ring which has a higher c... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3930824 | Method of forming laser components Glass compatible metal matrices are mounted in a glass forming boat and slugs of glass are applied to each. Heat is provided such that openings in the matrix are glassed, whereupon the entire sheet may be ground, polished, or otherwise processed as desire... | 01/06/1976 |
