Patent ID: 6362424
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01B,Y10S

Abstract:
A hermetic terminal assembly comprising: a metallic body member including a generally flat bottom portion having an inner face and a boundary portion having inner and outer faces extending along the periphery of said bottom portion, said bottom portion having at least one opening there through; a current conducting pin longitudinally extending through said opening; a disk of non-porous insulating material facing said inner faces of said bottom and said boundary portions of said body member, said disk of insulating material having at least one opening there through, with a disk opening periphery corresponding with said opening of said bottom portion of said body member and with said current conducting pin also extending there through; insulating pin sealing means extending at least between and sealing the periphery of said current conducting pin to the periphery of said opening in said bottom portion; and insulating disk retention means to maintain said disk in close fit proximate position with respect to said inner faces of said bottom and said boundary portions of said body member.