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Sealing apparatus assembly for sealing a piezoactuator and method for sealing a piezoactuator

US7186143B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 2005
Grant dateMar 6, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 17, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R2201/26
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method and arrangement for sealing a piezoactuator having terminal pins (12) protruding from the piezoactuator and a top plate (14) surmounting the piezoactuator, the top plate is provided with openings (16) to enable the terminal pins (12) to pass through. In order to ensure a reliable seal even for comparatively thin top plates (14) in particular, the invention proposes placing a sealing-ring (28) made from an elastic sealant material on each of the terminal pin sections (30) protruding from the openings (16), so that the sealing ring fits tightly to a circumferential surface (32) of the terminal pin section (30), as well as to the top plate (14), forming a seal, and being pressure-injected into the top plate (14) by means of a plastic extrusion coating (arrows in FIG. 1).

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