Hermetically sealed electrical feedthrough for high temperature secondary cells
Patent
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OSTI ID:5388211
A passthrough seal is disclosed for electrically isolating the terminal in a lithium/metal sulfide cell from the structural cell housing. The seal has spaced upper and lower insulator rings fitted snuggly between the terminal and an annularly disposed upstanding wall, and outwardly of a powdered insulator also confined between the upstanding wall and terminal. The adjacent surfaces of the upper insulator ring and the respective upstanding wall and terminal are conically tapered, diverging in the axial direction away from the cell interior, and a sealing ring is located between each pair of the adjacent surfaces. The components are sized so that upon appropriate movement of the upper insulator ring toward the lower insulator ring the powdered insulator and sealing rings are each compressed to a high degree. This compacts the powdered insulator thereby rendering the same highly impervious and moreover fuses the sealing rings to and between the adjacent surfaces. The upper and lower insulator rings might be formed of beryllium oxide and/or alumina, the powdered insulator might be formed of boron nitride, and the sealing rings might be formed of aluminum.
- Assignee:
- The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4508797
- OSTI ID:
- 5388211
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
25 ENERGY STORAGE
250903* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Materials
Components
& Auxiliaries
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS
BERYLLIUM OXIDES
BORON COMPOUNDS
BORON NITRIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRICAL INSULATION
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
LITHIUM
METAL-NONMETAL BATTERIES
METALS
NITRIDES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PNICTIDES
POWDERS
RINGS
SEALS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
250903* -- Energy Storage-- Batteries-- Materials
Components
& Auxiliaries
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS
BERYLLIUM OXIDES
BORON COMPOUNDS
BORON NITRIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRICAL INSULATION
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELEMENTS
LITHIUM
METAL-NONMETAL BATTERIES
METALS
NITRIDES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PNICTIDES
POWDERS
RINGS
SEALS
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS