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Hermetically sealed electrical feedthrough for high temperature secondary cells
Assignee: United States, DOE THE, Secretary of
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Filing: 1983-07-26
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Granted: 1985-04-02
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Expires: 2003-07-26
Abstract
Abstract A passthrough seal is disclosed for electrically isolating the terminal in a lithium/metal sulfide cell from the structural cell housing. The seal has spaced upper and lower insulator rings fitted snuggly between the terminal and an annularly disposed upstanding wall, and outwardly of a powdered insulator also confined between the upstanding wall and terminal. The adjacent surfaces of the upper insulator ring and the respective upstanding wall and terminal are conically tapered, diverging in the axial direction away from the cell interior, and a sealing ring is located between each pair of the adjacent surfaces. The components are sized so that upon appropriate movement of the upper insulator ring toward the lower insulator ring the powdered insulator and sealing rings are each compressed to a high degree. This compacts the powdered insulator thereby rendering the same highly impervious and moreover fuses the sealing rings to and between the adjacent surfaces. The upper and lower insulator rings might be formed of beryllium oxide and/or alumina, the powdered insulator might be formed of boron nitride, and the sealing rings might be formed of aluminum.
Inventors
- 👤 Reinhard Knoedler
- 👤 Paul A. Nelson
- 👤 Hiroshi Shimotake
- 👤 James E. Battles
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 18:38
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M50/00; H01M50/10; H01M50/183; H01M50/186; H01M50/184; H01M50/19; H01M50/191; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
229 words
In a lithium/metal sulfide cell, a passthrough seal for electrically isolating a cell terminal from the cell housing and for sealingly insolating the cell chamber from the exterior thereof, comprising an upstanding wall sealed to the housing and located generally annularly of and spaced from the terminal as it is extended through an opening in the housing, a lower insulator ring fitted snuggly over the terminal and within the upstanding wall, cooperating shoulder means on the lower ring and on the housing and terminal respectively operable to preclude axial movement of the terminal inwardly relative to the housing, a powdered insulator disposed over the lower ring and between the upstanding wall and the terminal, an upper insulator ring fitted snugly between the upstanding wall and the terminal and against the powdered insulator opposite the lower ring, the upper ring and the upstanding wall and terminal having pairs of opposed surfaces that move closer together as the ring is moved axially inwardly toward the powdered insulator, and rings of soft bonding material located annularly of the terminal and confined between the opposed pairs of surfaces, said seal being set upon axial movement of the upper ring toward the powdered insulator firstly to compress that powdered insulator to a high order of compression and secondly to compress the rings of soft bonding material sufficiently to bond them between the adjacent surfaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
229 words
In a lithium/metal sulfide cell, a passthrough seal for electrically isolating a cell terminal from the cell housing and for sealingly insolating the cell chamber from the exterior thereof, comprising an upstanding wall sealed to the housing and located generally annularly of and spaced from the terminal as it is extended through an opening in the housing, a lower insulator ring fitted snuggly over the terminal and within the upstanding wall, cooperating shoulder means on the lower ring and on the housing and terminal respectively operable to preclude axial movement of the terminal inwardly relative to the housing, a powdered insulator disposed over the lower ring and between the upstanding wall and the terminal, an upper insulator ring fitted snugly between the upstanding wall and the terminal and against the powdered insulator opposite the lower ring, the upper ring and the upstanding wall and terminal having pairs of opposed surfaces that move closer together as the ring is moved axially inwardly toward the powdered insulator, and rings of soft bonding material located annularly of the terminal and confined between the opposed pairs of surfaces, said seal being set upon axial movement of the upper ring toward the powdered insulator firstly to compress that powdered insulator to a high order of compression and secondly to compress the rings of soft bonding material sufficiently to bond them between the adjacent surfaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 1, further providing an upper end projection on the upstanding wall that is crimped over the top surface of the upper ring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 1, wherein said powdered insulator is in the form boron nitride originally being of a -40 to +325 mesh size.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 1, wherein the lower ring is formed of a ceramic of the order of beryllium oxide (BeO).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 1, wherein the upper ring is formed of a ceramic of the order of alumina (Al 2 O 3 ).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 1, wherein the soft bonding material of the rings is of the order of aluminum (Al).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 1, wherein the powdered insulator is compressed to the order of 15,000-25,000 psi.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 1, wherein the rings of soft bonding material are compressed to the order of 15,000-25,000 psi.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 1, wherein the pairs of opposed surfaces are tapered.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 9, wherein the taper of the tapered surface on the upstanding wall diverges in the direction away from the housing toward the exterior thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 9, wherein the taper of the tapered surface on the terminal converges in the direction away from the housing toward the exterior thereof.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
58 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 10, wherein the taper of the tapered surface on the terminal converges in the direction away from the housing toward the exterior thereof, and wherein the tapers of the tapered surfaces on the upper ring are complementary respectively to the tapers of the tapered surfaces on the upstanding wall and terminal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
38 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 12, further providing cooperating shoulder means on the lower ring and on the housing and terminal respectively operable when the seal is set to preclude axial inward movement of the terminal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 13, further providing an upper end projection on the upstanding wall that is crimped over the top surface of the upper ring.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 14, wherein said powdered insulator is in the form boron nitride originally being of a -40 to +325 mesh size.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 14, wherein the lower ring is formed of a ceramic of the order of beryllium oxide (BeO).
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 14, wherein the upper ring is formed of a ceramic of the order of alumina (Al 2 O 3 ).
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 14, wherein the soft bonding material of the rings is of the order of aluminum (Al).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
28 words
The passthrough seal combination according to claim 14, wherein the powdered insulator and the rings of soft bonding material each is compressed to the order of 15,000-25,000 psi.
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