(12) UIllt€d States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,082,663 B1 Monroe et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 27, 2011 (54) METHOD FOR HERMETIC ELECTRICAL 3,141,753 A * 7/1964 Certa ......................... .. 65/59.34 CONNECTIONS §’ZZ2’Z‘3§ 2 i 3/1333 $713111-S°“1e‘ia1' "s46/19518 , , 1s e a. (75) Inventors: Saundra L. Monroe, Tijeras, NM (US); 2 : 5- JlllGlaSS,A1b11q11erq11e, NM (US); 4,277,716 A * 7/1981 Banks, Jr. 313/623 Ronnie G. Stone, Albuquerque, NM 4,657,337 A * 4/1987 Kyle 439/887 (US); Jamey T- B°“d’A1buq“erq“e’ NM 283’??? 2‘ i 13/133% Ea"? 'i"i ' ' ' ' "53/ZZZ Donald F‘ Susan; Albuquerque’ 7,123,440 B2 10/2006 """""""" N NM (US) 733643451 B2 4/2008 Ring etal. 7,442,081 B2 10/2008 Burke et al. (73) Assignee: Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US) OTHER PUBLICATIONS . . . . _ J. Rodelas, S. Monroe, S. J. Glass, C. Watson, R. Stone, D. Susan, T. ( * ) Nome‘ Subleclto any dlsclalmer’. the term Ofthls Jones & J. Bond, May 20-23, 2007, ACerS 2007 Glass & Optical patent is extended or adjusted under 35 .31 . . . . th . . f U S C 154(b) by 517 days E/Ilater1RshD1v1s1(I)\rI1YMeet1ng & 18 Un1vers1ty Con erence on ' ' ' ' ass, oc ester, . _ C. J . Leedecke and H. K. Baca, “Glass-ceramics for sealing to Pd-Ag (21) APPL NO" 12/268’667 Alloys,” Sandia Technical Report, SAND79-0248, Sandia National (22) F1 d N 11 2008 Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 1979. 1 e : ov. , * cited by examiner Related U.S. Application Data . . . . Primary Examiner * Carl Arbes (60) P1);O;182)O7na1 apphcanon NO' 60/982120’ filed on NOV (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Elmer A. Klauetter; Kevin ’ ' W. Bieg (51) Int. Cl. H01R 43/00 (2006.01) (57) ABSTRACT (52) U.S. Cl. .............. .. 29/825; 29/876; 29/877; 29/878; A method Of Providing a hermetic, electrical connection 174/5051; 361/518 between tWo electrical components by mating at least one (58) Field of Classification Search .................. .. 29/825, meIa1_PiI1 in a glass-Cerarnic I9 metal Seal 0011119-_CIOr IO IWO 29/976’ 977, 978’ 876’ 877’ 878; 174/5061; electrical components, Whereln the glass-ceram1c to metal 361/518 seal connector incorporates at least one metal pin encased See application file for Complete Search history (sealed) in a glass-ceramic material inside of a metal housing, With the glass-ceramic material made from 65-80% SiO2, (56) References Cited 8-16% Li2O, 2-8% A12O3, 1-5% P2O5, 1-8% K2O, 0.5-7%
