Patent ID: 9255654
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: F16L,H02G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An instrumentation component comprising: an instrumentation portion; a casing at least partially surrounding said instrumentation portion; a lead protruding from the instrumentation portion through a lead egress hole in the casing; a lead egress adapter situated in said lead egress hole, wherein said lead egress adapter includes a cup portion and a lip portion at least partially circumscribing the cup portion, wherein said lead egress adapter includes a hole in said cup portion, wherein said lead protrudes through said cup hole and said cup hole is tight fit to said lead, and wherein a potting material fills a remainder of said cup portion; wherein said lip portion of said lead egress adapter contacts said casing; and a lead egress cap sealing said lead egress adapter to said casing, wherein said lead egress cap further comprises a cap hole through which said lead protrudes, and wherein said cap hole is tight fit to said lead egress; wherein said lip portion of said lead egress adapter further comprises a tack weld trough circumscribing said cup portion and wherein said tack weld trough is thinner than a non-tack weld trough portion of said lip portion along an axis defined by the lead; and a potting material filling said trough portion.