Process for preparing an hermetically sealed glass-metal electrical connector
US5157831A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 20, 1991 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49208
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A process for preparing an electrical connector from a glass plug, a rigid metal shell, and at least one pin conductor is disclosed. The glass plug is made by mixing glass powder with binder, forming a green body, debindering the green body, and heating the debindered green body. The metal shell and metal pin conductor(s) are first cleaned by heating them in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere, and thereafter forming an oxide coating on their surfaces. An assembly is then formed from the rigid metal shell, the glass plug, and the pin conductor(s). This assembly is then heat treated to form the electrical connector.
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