CA2042036A1 - Corrosion resistant feedthrough - Google Patents
Corrosion resistant feedthroughInfo
- Publication number
- CA2042036A1 CA2042036A1 CA002042036A CA2042036A CA2042036A1 CA 2042036 A1 CA2042036 A1 CA 2042036A1 CA 002042036 A CA002042036 A CA 002042036A CA 2042036 A CA2042036 A CA 2042036A CA 2042036 A1 CA2042036 A1 CA 2042036A1
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- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- titanium
- feedthrough
- glass
- sleeve
- terminal
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
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Classifications
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
- C03C8/00—Enamels; Glazes; Fusion seal compositions being frit compositions having non-frit additions
- C03C8/24—Fusion seal compositions being frit compositions having non-frit additions, i.e. for use as seals between dissimilar materials, e.g. glass and metal; Glass solders
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
- H01M50/10—Primary casings, jackets or wrappings of a single cell or a single battery
- H01M50/183—Sealing members
- H01M50/186—Sealing members characterised by the disposition of the sealing members
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
- C03C29/00—Joining metals with the aid of glass
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
- C03C3/00—Glass compositions
- C03C3/12—Silica-free oxide glass compositions
- C03C3/14—Silica-free oxide glass compositions containing boron
- C03C3/145—Silica-free oxide glass compositions containing boron containing aluminium or beryllium
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
- H01M50/10—Primary casings, jackets or wrappings of a single cell or a single battery
- H01M50/183—Sealing members
- H01M50/19—Sealing members characterised by the material
- H01M50/191—Inorganic material
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
- H01M50/10—Primary casings, jackets or wrappings of a single cell or a single battery
- H01M50/183—Sealing members
- H01M50/19—Sealing members characterised by the material
- H01M50/197—Sealing members characterised by the material having a layered structure
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries
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- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
- General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Electrochemistry (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
- Materials Engineering (AREA)
- Organic Chemistry (AREA)
- Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
- Sealing Battery Cases Or Jackets (AREA)
- Connection Of Batteries Or Terminals (AREA)
- Glass Compositions (AREA)
- Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
Abstract
CORROSION RESISTANT FEEDTHROUGH
Abstract of the Disclosure Use of Titanium and Titanium alloys in combination with and CABAL-12 glass for improved corrosion resistant feedthroughs.
Abstract of the Disclosure Use of Titanium and Titanium alloys in combination with and CABAL-12 glass for improved corrosion resistant feedthroughs.
Description
3 ~i 1 Backaround of the Invention 2 Glass seals are used ln various arrangements 3 including batteries and other electrochemical cells. For 4 exa~ple, in battery headers, glass seals are used to seal the battery container while allowing one or more 6 electrical terminals to extend through the seal for 7 interior/exterior connection thereto. The term 8 "feedthrough" shall be used herein to describe ~such 9 arrangements in generic fashion.
In batteries and the electrochemical cells, 11 corrosion has been encountered. For example, batteries 12 which include various organic electrolyte systems give 13 rise to corrosion and crac~ing of glass and metal 14 feedthrough components.
: A special glass composition has developed by 16 Sandia National Laboratories which exhibit improved 17 corrosion resistance. It is generally referred to as 18 CABAL-12 glass. Although this glass has desirable 19 corrosion resistance and resistance to cracking, it has been difEicult to find metals which will reliably wet the 21 glass to Eorm strong, hermetic seals with it and which 22 work well with respect to the other aspects of seal 23 forming such as weldability, expansion characteristics 24 and so forth. The general purpose of this invention is to provide a combination of metal and CABAL-12 GLASS for 26 improved feedthrough structures ill bal:tery alld 27 electrochemica:L cell applications.
1-- . , ., 2(~L3L2~3 1 summary of the Invention 2 This invention relates to feedthrough 3 structures which utilize CABAL-12 glass particularly for 4 use in aggressive battery organic electrolyte environments e.g., a lithium thionyl chloride cell or 6 cells of other active chemistries such as MnO2, and CFX, 7 for example. It hzs been discovered that this glass has 8 a uni~ue af~inity for sealing to titanium and titanium 9 alloys. In its preferred embodiment the invention relates specifically to hermetic, corrosion resistant, 11 compression-type sealed feedthroughs utilizing single or 12 multiple terminals or pins of niobium, tantalum, 13 molybdenum and titanium or alloy thereof, contained 14 within a header or sleeve of titanium or a titanium alloy, Titanium-6A1-4V being preferred.
16 Brie~ Descrlption of the ~rawinq 17 Fig. l is a schematic cross-section of a 18 battery header in accordance with the invention, and 19 Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-section of a feedthrough with sleeve according to the invention 21 combined with a metal container for use as an 22 electrochemical cell.
23 Description of the Preferred Embodiments 24 While this invention may be embodied in many different forms, there are shown in the drawings and 26 described in detail herein speciPic preferred embodiments 27 of the invention. The present disclosure is an 28 exemplification of the principles of the invention and i5 29 not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments illustrated.
31 Referring to Fig. 1, a header of typical 32 construction is shown which includes a center pin or 33 terminal lO, a glass seal member 12 and an outer member 34 14. This arrangement and that of Fig. 2 are typical feedthrough seal arrangements wh.ich may make use of the 2J~
1 invention. Other arrangements may be used as well and 2 may take any configuration in which the metal is wetted 3 by the glass.
4 Referring now to the Fig. 2 the invention in a preferred form includes a terminal 10 extending through 6 a glass seal 12 which is received into a sleeve or header 7 14~ Sleeve 14 may be welded into an opening in a battery 8 container 16 of, for example, stainless steel.
9 The assembly, requiring forming weights, is placed in an oven or furnace and heated causing the glass 11 to wet the metallic components forming a hermetic seal 12 between the glass and the metal components. Such a 13 feedthrough may thereafter be welded if necessary, into 14 any desirable container or the like.
In its preferred form, terminal 10 consists 16 essentially of niobium, or titanium or an alloy thereof.
17 Sleeve 14 is of titanium or a titanium alloy Ti-6A1-4V
18 The glass 12 is CABAL-12, which is of the following 19 composition:
Composition Wt. M~
23 CaO 20 24 MgO 20 26 'rhe combination of materials des~ribed forms a 27 compression seal which ls hermetic and corrosion 23 resistant.
29 This completes the description of the preferred and alternate embodiments of the invention. Those 31 skilled in the art may recognize other equivalents to the 32 specific embodiments described herein, which equivalents 33 are intended to be encompassed by the claims attached 34 hereto.
1 Having described the invention, the exclusive 2 rights and privileges thereto are to be defined by the 3 foregoing claims in the light of the foregoing 4 description.
9 , .
In batteries and the electrochemical cells, 11 corrosion has been encountered. For example, batteries 12 which include various organic electrolyte systems give 13 rise to corrosion and crac~ing of glass and metal 14 feedthrough components.
: A special glass composition has developed by 16 Sandia National Laboratories which exhibit improved 17 corrosion resistance. It is generally referred to as 18 CABAL-12 glass. Although this glass has desirable 19 corrosion resistance and resistance to cracking, it has been difEicult to find metals which will reliably wet the 21 glass to Eorm strong, hermetic seals with it and which 22 work well with respect to the other aspects of seal 23 forming such as weldability, expansion characteristics 24 and so forth. The general purpose of this invention is to provide a combination of metal and CABAL-12 GLASS for 26 improved feedthrough structures ill bal:tery alld 27 electrochemica:L cell applications.
1-- . , ., 2(~L3L2~3 1 summary of the Invention 2 This invention relates to feedthrough 3 structures which utilize CABAL-12 glass particularly for 4 use in aggressive battery organic electrolyte environments e.g., a lithium thionyl chloride cell or 6 cells of other active chemistries such as MnO2, and CFX, 7 for example. It hzs been discovered that this glass has 8 a uni~ue af~inity for sealing to titanium and titanium 9 alloys. In its preferred embodiment the invention relates specifically to hermetic, corrosion resistant, 11 compression-type sealed feedthroughs utilizing single or 12 multiple terminals or pins of niobium, tantalum, 13 molybdenum and titanium or alloy thereof, contained 14 within a header or sleeve of titanium or a titanium alloy, Titanium-6A1-4V being preferred.
16 Brie~ Descrlption of the ~rawinq 17 Fig. l is a schematic cross-section of a 18 battery header in accordance with the invention, and 19 Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-section of a feedthrough with sleeve according to the invention 21 combined with a metal container for use as an 22 electrochemical cell.
23 Description of the Preferred Embodiments 24 While this invention may be embodied in many different forms, there are shown in the drawings and 26 described in detail herein speciPic preferred embodiments 27 of the invention. The present disclosure is an 28 exemplification of the principles of the invention and i5 29 not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments illustrated.
31 Referring to Fig. 1, a header of typical 32 construction is shown which includes a center pin or 33 terminal lO, a glass seal member 12 and an outer member 34 14. This arrangement and that of Fig. 2 are typical feedthrough seal arrangements wh.ich may make use of the 2J~
1 invention. Other arrangements may be used as well and 2 may take any configuration in which the metal is wetted 3 by the glass.
4 Referring now to the Fig. 2 the invention in a preferred form includes a terminal 10 extending through 6 a glass seal 12 which is received into a sleeve or header 7 14~ Sleeve 14 may be welded into an opening in a battery 8 container 16 of, for example, stainless steel.
9 The assembly, requiring forming weights, is placed in an oven or furnace and heated causing the glass 11 to wet the metallic components forming a hermetic seal 12 between the glass and the metal components. Such a 13 feedthrough may thereafter be welded if necessary, into 14 any desirable container or the like.
In its preferred form, terminal 10 consists 16 essentially of niobium, or titanium or an alloy thereof.
17 Sleeve 14 is of titanium or a titanium alloy Ti-6A1-4V
18 The glass 12 is CABAL-12, which is of the following 19 composition:
Composition Wt. M~
23 CaO 20 24 MgO 20 26 'rhe combination of materials des~ribed forms a 27 compression seal which ls hermetic and corrosion 23 resistant.
29 This completes the description of the preferred and alternate embodiments of the invention. Those 31 skilled in the art may recognize other equivalents to the 32 specific embodiments described herein, which equivalents 33 are intended to be encompassed by the claims attached 34 hereto.
1 Having described the invention, the exclusive 2 rights and privileges thereto are to be defined by the 3 foregoing claims in the light of the foregoing 4 description.
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Claims (6)
1. An electrical feedthrough comprising an electrical terminal selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum molybdenum, Titanium, titanium alloys, or alloys of any of the foregoing, a glass insulator of the CABAL-12 composition Type positioned around a portion of the terminal and in sealing engagement therewith and a sleeve or header comprised of a titanium or a titanium alloy positioned around a portion of the glass insulator for receiving same in sealing engagement therewith.
2. The feedthrough of Claim 1 in which the sleeve or header titanium alloy is Ti-6Al-4V.
3. A glass/metal feedthrough seal of the compression type including an electrical terminal selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, titanium, titanium alloys or alloys of any of the foregoing; a glass insulator of the CABAL-12 composition type positioned around a portion of the terminal and in sealing engagement therewith and a sleeve or header consisting essentially of titanium or a titanium alloy positioned around a portion of the glass insulator for receiving same in sealing engagement therewith.
4. The feedthrough of Claim 3 in which the titanium alloy is Ti-6Al-4V.
5. An electrochemical cell of the type including corrosive contents in a container al1d whereill the container includes an opening carrying an electrical terminal which extends from the exterior of the cell through the opening and into the interior thereof; a feedthrough assembly positioned in the opening and around the terminal, the assembly comprising; a sleeve or header attached to the container, the sleeve or header consisting essentially of titanium or a titanium alloy and a glass seal carried by the sleeve or header and surrounding the terminal in sealing engagement therewith, the glass being of the CABAL-12 composition type.
6. The cell of Claim 5 in which the feedthrough seal is hermetic and of the compression type by virtue of including a terminal of niobium, tantalum, molybdenum, titanium, a titanium alloy or any alloy or any of the foregoing.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US41988189A | 1989-10-11 | 1989-10-11 | |
| US07/419,881 | 1989-10-11 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2042036A1 true CA2042036A1 (en) | 1991-04-12 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002042036A Abandoned CA2042036A1 (en) | 1989-10-11 | 1990-10-03 | Corrosion resistant feedthrough |
Country Status (5)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| EP (1) | EP0447546A4 (en) |
| JP (1) | JPH04502231A (en) |
| AU (1) | AU637221B2 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2042036A1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1991006129A1 (en) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6759163B2 (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2004-07-06 | Wilson Greatbatch Ltd. | Mismatched compression glass-to-metal seal |
| US7966070B2 (en) | 2003-09-12 | 2011-06-21 | Medtronic, Inc. | Feedthrough apparatus with noble metal-coated leads |
| US7725999B2 (en) | 2005-07-29 | 2010-06-01 | Medtronic, Inc. | Method for positioning an eyelet in a feed-through assembly |
| CN109956682B (en) * | 2011-02-18 | 2022-05-17 | 肖特公开股份有限公司 | Solder glass, insulating sleeve and device comprising insulating sleeve |
| US9208929B2 (en) * | 2013-09-20 | 2015-12-08 | Schott Corporation | GTMS connector for oil and gas market |
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| US455613A (en) * | 1891-07-07 | Stove | ||
| US3803875A (en) * | 1973-02-05 | 1974-04-16 | Bendix Corp | Method of forming titanium metal-glass hermetic seals |
| US4421947A (en) * | 1977-10-11 | 1983-12-20 | James C. Kyle | Polycrystalline insulating material seals between spaced members such as a terminal pin and a ferrule |
| US4180700A (en) * | 1978-03-13 | 1979-12-25 | Medtronic, Inc. | Alloy composition and brazing therewith, particularly for _ceramic-metal seals in electrical feedthroughs |
| US4271278A (en) * | 1978-10-16 | 1981-06-02 | Medtronic, Inc. | Cathode materials |
| US4678868A (en) * | 1979-06-25 | 1987-07-07 | Medtronic, Inc. | Hermetic electrical feedthrough assembly |
| US4307162A (en) * | 1980-09-25 | 1981-12-22 | Medtronic, Inc. | Lithium alloy coating for anode collector in lithium batteries |
| EP0269007A1 (en) * | 1986-11-28 | 1988-06-01 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | Ceramic-metal feedthrough assembly, in particular for cardiac or neural stimulation, and method of manufacturing it |
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1990
- 1990-10-03 JP JP3500755A patent/JPH04502231A/en active Pending
- 1990-10-03 WO PCT/US1990/005623 patent/WO1991006129A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1990-10-03 AU AU75887/91A patent/AU637221B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-10-03 CA CA002042036A patent/CA2042036A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1990-10-03 EP EP19910900634 patent/EP0447546A4/en not_active Withdrawn
Also Published As
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| JPH04502231A (en) | 1992-04-16 |
| EP0447546A1 (en) | 1991-09-25 |
| AU7588791A (en) | 1991-05-16 |
| EP0447546A4 (en) | 1992-10-28 |
| WO1991006129A1 (en) | 1991-05-02 |
| AU637221B2 (en) | 1993-05-20 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZDE | Discontinued |