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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6698242 | Brittle article comprising joined-together hardened glass and/or glass-ceramic parts and method of making same In the method according to the invention cold or unheated hardened glass and/or glass-ceramic parts are bonded together with a metallic ductile joining material, preferably silver, copper, aluminum or an alloy of those metals, to form a brittle article. T... | 03/02/2004 |
| 5979187 | Lamp construction and method for forming In a method of forming a glass to metal seal between one end of a glass lamp tube (for, for example, a flash lamp or laser lamp), a metal rod which is terminated by the electrode is heated, and has molten glass sealing material applied thereto to form a b... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5735446 | Friction welding non-metallics to metallics A method of inertial bonding of a conductive metallic member to a fragile non-conductive member, comprising: (a) depositing a thin adherent conductive pad onto the fragile member to present a first friction creating surface: (b) forming the conductive met... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5677190 | Cell and circuit for monitoring photochemical reactions An improved measurement cell and circuit for measuring the electrical characteristics of a liquid sample during exposure to radiation includes a glass cell formed of a main tube extending generally parallel to an elongated lamp emitting the radiation, and... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5407119 | Laser brazing for ceramic-to-metal joining The laser brazing of the present invention offers the unique advantage of producing a high temperature hermetic bond while limiting the heat affected zone to the region of the joint. Laser brazing joins infrared (IR) and radio frequency (RF) ceramic mater... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5198009 | Method of manufacturing glass beads for use in thermionic gas chromatographic detectors Alkali metal-containing glass beads for use as sources in thermionic detectors for gas chromatography are manufactured by a method which produces reproducible beads of preselected sizes. A glass tube of the desired composition is reduced to capillary size... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4906311 | Method of making a hermetically sealed electronic component A cermic substrate supports a thin or thick film electronic circuit hermetically enclosed by a vitreous glass covering sealed to the ceramic substrate by a heat fused vitreous sealing glass. The vitreous sealing glass is screened onto the vitreous glass c... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4883217 | Method of bonding a ceramic article to a metal article A new and improved method of bonding a bonded ceramic-metal article is described. The ceramic-metal article comprises a ceramic article, such as a lanthana-strengthened yttria article, bonded to a metal article, such as niobium, by a layer of a brazing ma... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4883218 | Method of brazing a ceramic article to a metal article A new and improved method of brazing a ceramic-metal article is described. The ceramic-metal article comprises a ceramic article, such as a lanthana-strengthened yttria article, bonded to a metal article, such as niobium, by a layer of a brazing material,... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4746346 | Method for producing air-tight, heat-resistant plate A method for producing an air-tight, heat-resistant plate for a particular use in manufacturing bulbous fluorescent lamp, which comprises: preparing a shaping material by mixing an inorganic filler composed of alumina powder and silica powder in a specifi... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4676817 | Method and apparatus for forming a hermetic seal between glass and metal A rugged scintillation detector uses a hermetically sealed window assembly welded or otherwise bonded to the detector housing. A method and apparatus useful in forming a reproducible hermetic seal between the glass and an annular metal retaining ring is d... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4643532 | Field-assisted bonding method and articles produced thereby Disclosed is an electric field-assisted method for bonding one glass (or other inorganic insulator) body, typically a plate, to a similar body, such that the two bodies are spaced apart. The interior volume of such a composite body is advantageously fille... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4640700 | Method for attaching a stud pin to a cathode ray tube panel A method for attaching a stud pin to a cathode ray tube panel is disclosed, which employs as a frit slurry to attach the stud pin to the cathode ray tube panel, a crystalizing solder glass, a binder and a solvent having a viscosity higher than 10 cps and ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4617044 | Method for forming glass-to-metal seals A method for forming a glass-to-metal seal in which the glass has a higher melting point than the metal. The molten glass is vacuum injection molded onto the metal, thus melting a very thin layer of the surface of the metal long enough to form a seal, but... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4598473 | Process for producing reinforced structural articles and articles produced thereby An electric component such as a rectifier is shown in which the electric leads are formed from composite wire material. The wire material has a copper core surrounded by and metallurgically bonded to a layer of ferrous material such as steel having optima... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4536203 | Pressurized heat treatment of glass-ceramic to control thermal expansion A method of producing a glass-ceramic having a specified thermal expansion value is disclosed. The method includes the step of pressurizing the parent glass material to a predetermined pressure during heat treatment so that the glass-ceramic produced has ... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4414282 | Glass ceramic seals to inconel A glass ceramic composition prepared by subjecting a glass composition comprising, by weight, 65-80% SiO2, 8-16%, Li2 O, 2-8% , Al2 O3, 1-8% K2 O, 1-5% P2 O5 and 1.5-7% B2 ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4377404 | Hermetic glass-to-metal seal and method for making same This invention relates to a manufacturing method and a hermetic glass-to-metal seal suitable for a component in an electric circuit such as a liquid tantalum electrolytic capacitor. The method comprises the steps of fusing a raw material glass in order to... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4236045 | Electric lamp In electric lamps a type of glass is used for the envelope which, in many cases, has a coefficient of expansion which differs considerably from that of the current supply conductors. Therefore, special measures have to be taken to seal the lamp envelope i... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4136442 | Interconnector An interconnector for installation in an opening in a wall to provide at least one electrical connection through said wall, and a method for making same. The interconnector comprises a one piece tubular metal shell, at least one conductor within said shel... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4125390 | Method of vacuum-sealing vacuum articles A sealing member not adhesive before melting is applied to a portion of a vacuum article to be sealed while maintaining a communication passage between the inside and outside of the article. After mounting the article in an evacuation tank, the tank is ev... | 11/14/1978 |
| 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 |
| 4029897 | Glass seal Hermetic glass seals of high electrical resistivity are provided. Glass compositions suitable for use in such seals and based on lead-silica glasses are described. Glass compositions having particular efficacy in a nuclear reactor environment also are des... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3957496 | Molybdenum sealing glass-ceramic composition The invention relates to a glass-ceramic composition having low hydrogen and helium permeability properties, along with high fracture strength, a thermal coefficient of expansion similar to that of molybdenum, and adaptable for hermetically sealing to mol... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3950142 | Lead assembly for semiconductive device An improved lead assembly adapted for utilization in a semiconductor device having a glass envelope, an electrical device positioned within said envelope having at least one end surface, said lead assembly comprising a metallic seal member adapted for ext... | 04/13/1976 |
