Patent ID: 6140592
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: H01B,Y10S

Abstract:
A hermetic terminal assembly housing wall comprising;a wall defined aperture extending between opposed inner and outer faces of a portion of said housing wall;an integral, unitary current conducting pin of the same material throughout from one end thereof to an opposite end thereof, said pin extending in spaced relation through said wall defined aperture from said outer face to said inner face of said wall defining aperture with a smaller preselected portion of said pin having a preselected integrally associated smaller cross-sectional area to act as a fuse, and,a sealing member surrounding and extending radially between the peripheral surface of said integral, unitary pin and said wall defined aperture to hermetically seal said current conducting integral, unitary pin in said aperture, said sealing member having a preselected coefficient of expansion compatible with the coefficient of expansion of said pin and said wall defining said aperture and a softening point temperature in excess of the conductive heat temperature adjacent the surrounded periphery surface area of the pin occasioned by melting of said fuse to avoid melting and venting through said sealing member.