Patent · US Expired

Through-connector providing an electrical connection through a single or double plastic wall and application thereof to an electrical battery

US4231631A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 15, 1978
Grant dateNov 4, 1980
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Expiry dateDec 15, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/908
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sealed through-connector in which an electrical connection passes through a hole (4) in a single or double wall made of a plastic material, said connector including a first annular seal ring which seals the annular zone of the orifice left free by the connection and being compressed axially. According to the invention, the connector is axially compressed by clamping means which are applied on either side of the wall (1) to two metal parts (9,10) which each have a surface substantially parallel to said wall (1), the distance between said surfaces and therefore the compression of the seal (8) being defined by the insertion of a metal distance member (5). Use: Storage batteries which use hard metal connection parts which melt at high temperatures, e.g. alkaline electrolyte storage batteries.

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