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Claim 1

A HOUSING FOR AN ELECTRONIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A HEADER, SAID HEADER COMPRISING A RELATIVELY THICK METAL BODY HAVING A FLAT SURFACE PORTION ADAPTED TO MOUNT THEREON SAID ELECTRONIC ELEMENT AND A DEEPLY RECESSED PORTION LATERALLY RELATED TO SAID FLAT SURFACE PORTION, SAID RECESSED PORTION COMPRISING A BOTTOM WALL FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPACED OPENINGS IN COMMUNICATIION WITH SAID RECESS, SAID RECESS HAVING A DEPTH EQUAL TO A SUBSTANTIAL MULTIPLE OF THE THICKNESS OF SAID BOTTOM WALL, A METAL TERMINAL PIN DISPOSED IN EACH OPENING AND PROJECTING ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID BOTTOM WALL, EACH PIN HAVING A PORTION THEREOF WITHIN SAID RECESSES PORTION AND OF A LONGITUDINAL EXTENT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DEPTH OF SAID RECESSED PORTION, A UNITARY MASS OF VITREOUS MATERIAL OF SUBSTANTIAL THICKNESS AND LATERAL EXTENT IN THE RECESSED PORTION OF SAID BODY AND IN SEALED RELATION TO THE WALL SURFACES OF SAID RECESS, AND THE SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST MEMTIONED PIN PORTION, SAID MASS OF VITREOUS MATERIAL HAVING AN EXPOSED SURFACE PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH THE FLAT SURFACE PORTION OF SAID METAL BODY, AND SAID PINS PROVIDING CONNECTOR MEANS FOR THE ELECTRONIC ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID BODY SURFACE PORTION.