Patent ID: 7300310
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: H01B,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A multipin connector for hermetically sealing a plurality of conductor pins therein, comprising a metallic shell of a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) material and having a plurality of apertures therethrough that are sized to receive a corresponding plurality of conductor pins, and hermetically sealing dielectric material sealing said conductor pins within said plurality of apertures, and a solder joint formed between said metallic shell and a first portion of an outer metallic shell which has coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), proximate said first CTE, said outer metallic shell including a second portion which has a second CTE, higher than said first CTE, so as to facilitate bonding of said second portion of said outer metallic shell to a high CTE support structure, wherein said first portion of said outer metallic shell contains ceramic particulate material distributed therethrough so as to lower the CTE thereof from a value on the order of said second CTE to said first CTE.