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Granted Patent B2
US 10,541,392 · App. 15/485,908 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

Feed-through

Inventor: Helmut Hartl (Vienna, AT)
Assignee: Schott AG
H01M2/065C03C3/19C03C8/08C03C8/10C03C8/24C03C10/0054H01G9/10C03C2204/00C03C2207/08C03C2207/10
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Patent No.
US 10,541,392
App. No.
15/485,908
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A feed-through through a housing part of a housing, for example of a battery or a capacitor made of a metal, wherein the housing part has at least one opening, through which at least one conductor is fed in a glass or glass ceramic material, and wherein the conductor has at least two sections in the axial direction, a first section made of a first material, e.g. aluminium, and a second section made of a second material, e.g. copper, as well as a transition from the first to the second material, and wherein the transition from the first to the second material is located in the region of the glass or glass ceramic material, said glass or glass ceramic material being adapted to the metal of the housing in such a way that a compression glass-to-metal seal is formed.

Claims (109)

1. A feed-through through a housing part of a housing of a storage device including a battery or a capacitor made of a metal including a light metal composed of at least one of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, AlSiC, magnesium, a magnesium alloy, titanium, steel, stainless steel, and high grade steel, said housing part has at least one opening, the housing has an outside and an inside, said feed-through comprising:

at least one glass or glass ceramic material configured to seal the at least one opening of the housing part; and

at least one conductor passing in the at least one glass or glass ceramic material through the at least one opening of the housing part, said at least one conductor including:

at least two sections in an axial direction including a first section consisting of a first material and a second section consisting of a second material, said first material is a light material composed of at least one of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, AlSiC, magnesium, and a magnesium alloy, and

a transition from the first material to the second material, said transition is located in a region of said at least one glass or glass ceramic material, wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material is selected such that a compression glass-to-metal seal is provided, wherein the second material is composed of copper or a copper alloy, wherein the first material is directed toward the outside of the housing and the second material is directed toward the inside of the housing.

2. The feed-through according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material has a thermal coefficient of expansion in the range of 13·10 −6 /K to 25·10 −6/ K.

3. The feed-through according to claim 2 , wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material is selected so that the thermal coefficient of expansion is in the range of at least one of 13·10 −6 /K to 23·10 −6 /K, 13·10 −6 /K to 20·10 −6 /K, 13·10 −6 /K to 19·10 −6 /K, and 13·10 −6 /K to 18·10 −6 /K.

4. The feed-through according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material comprises the following components in mol-%:

P 2 O 5

35-50

mol-%

Al 2 O 3

0-14

mol-%

B 2 O 3

2-10

mol-%

Na 2 O

0-30

mol-%

M 2 O

0-20

mol-%, wherein M = K, Cs, can be Rb

PbO

0-19

mol-%

Li 2 O

0-45

mol-%

BaO

0-20

mol-%

Bi 2 O 3

0-10

mol-%

5. The feed-through according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material comprises the following components in mol-%:

P 2 O 5

39-48

mol-%

Al 2 O 3

2-12

mol-%

B 2 O 3

4-8

mol-%

Na 2 O

0-20

mol-%

M 2 O

12-20

mol-%, wherein M = K, Cs, can be Rb

PbO

0-9

mol-%

Li 2 O

0-40

mol-%

BaO

0-20

mol-%

Bi 2 O 3

1-5

mol-%

6. The feed-through according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material comprises the following components in mol-%:

P 2 O 5

39-48

mol-%

Al 2 O 3

2-12

mol-%

B 2 O 3

4-8

mol-%

Na 2 O

0-20

mol-%

M 2 O

12-20

mol-%, wherein M = K, Cs, can be Rb

PbO

0-9

mol-%

Li 2 O

17-40

mol-%

BaO

5-20

mol-%

Bi 2 O 3

2-5

mol-%

7. The feed-through according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material is a single material that has a thermal coefficient of expansion that is adapted to the first material of the first section of the at least one conductor and to the second material of the second section of the at least one conductor.

8. The feed-through according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material consists of two materials including a first glass or glass ceramic material and a second glass or glass ceramic material, wherein the first glass or glass ceramic material is adapted to a thermal coefficient of expansion of the first section of the at least one conductor and the second glass or glass ceramic material is adapted to a thermal coefficient of expansion of the second section of the at least one conductor.

9. The feed-through according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material includes at least one cover layer in the form of at least one of a glass layer, a cover glass layer, a plastic layer, and a barrier coating.

10. The feed-through according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has a housing thickness dw, and in a region of the at least one opening includes a reinforcement component or a reinforcement section each respectively having a thickness so that the housing thickness and the reinforcement component thickness or respectively the reinforcement section thickness provide a glass-seal length of the at least one glass or glass ceramic material into the housing.

11. A housing for an electric storage device including a battery or a capacitor, said housing having at least one opening, the housing having an outside and an inside, and comprising:

a feed-through, including:

at least one glass or glass ceramic material configured to seal the at least one opening of the housing; and

at least one conductor passing in the at least one glass or glass ceramic material through the at least one opening of the housing, said at least one conductor including:

at least two sections in an axial direction including a first section consisting of a first material and a second section consisting of a second material, said first material is a light material composed of at least one of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, AlSiC, magnesium, and a magnesium alloy, and

a transition from the first material to the second material, said transition is located in a region of said at least one glass or glass ceramic material, wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material is selected such that a compression glass-to-metal seal is provided, wherein the second material is composed of copper or a copper alloy, wherein the first material is directed toward the outside of the housing and the second material is directed toward the inside of the housing.

12. A storage device including a battery or a capacitor, having a housing with at least one opening, the housing has an outside and an inside, said storage device comprising:

a feed-through, including:

at least one glass or glass ceramic material configured to seal the at least one opening of the housing; and

at least one conductor passing in the at least one glass or glass ceramic material through the at least one opening of the housing, said at least one conductor including:

at least two sections in an axial direction including a first section consisting of a first material and a second section consisting of a second material, said first material is a light material composed of at least one of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, AlSiC, magnesium, and a magnesium alloy, and

a transition from the first material to the second material, said transition is located in a region of said at least one glass or glass ceramic material, wherein said at least one glass or glass ceramic material is selected such that a compression glass-to-metal seal is provided, wherein the first material is directed toward the outside of the housing and the second material is composed of copper or a copper alloy and is directed toward the inside of the housing.

13. The storage device according to claim 12 , further including an arrangement having at least two storage devices connected electrically or mechanically with a connecting piece in the form of a plate consisting of a connecting material.

14. The storage device according to claim 13 , wherein the connecting material is aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2017
From: HARTL, HELMUT
To: SCHOTT AG
Reel/Frame 042075/0607 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 016 600 · Nov 11, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2015075065 · Oct 29, 2015
Related Publication 20170222195A1 · Aug 3, 2017
Cited By (1)
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