Patent ID: 8921700
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
1. A hermetic feed-through comprising: a housing having a length extending in a longitudinal direction and a width extending in a lateral direction, the length being greater than the width, and an opening through the housing, the opening being elongated in the longitudinal direction, and a peripheral flange that is located about the opening; a plurality of conductive pins extending through the opening; and a glass seal completely filling the opening and hermetically sealing each of the plurality of conductive pins to the housing and electrically isolating each of the conductive pins from the housing and from one another; the glass seal comprising a single-piece glass component formed from a glass bead that defines a plurality of preformed apertures through which corresponding ones of the plurality of conductive pins are passed and having a surface comprising a recessed portion; and wherein the glass seal has a length to width aspect ratio of at least 1.8:1.