Patent ID: 11965598
Assignee: COLDQUANTA, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 10:
11. A break-seal system comprising:
an inner ring defining and radially surrounding a break-seal aperture, the inner ring having an inner-ring thickness, a first annular inner-ring surface facing a first direction and a second annular inner-ring surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction;
an outer ring radially surrounding the inner ring, the outer ring having an outer-ring thickness, the outer ring having a first annular outer-ring surface facing the first direction and being coplanar with the first annular inner-ring surface, and a second annular outer-ring surface facing the second direction; and
a membrane radially extending from the inner ring to the outer ring, the membrane having an axial membrane thickness less than half the inner-ring thickness and less than half the outer-ring thickness;
wherein the inner ring is bonded to a vacuum cell, the outer ring is bonded to a vacuum interface to an external vacuum system, and the outer ring is in contact with the vacuum cell such that when the membrane is broken and the vacuum cell is moved away from the vacuum interface, the inner ring remains bonded to the vacuum cell and the outer ring remains bonded to the vacuum interface.