Abstract: A feedthrough assembly includes a metallic ferrule, an insulator mounted within the ferrule, a plurality of feedthrough wires mounted within and extending through the insulator, and a ground wire directly attached to the ferrule, wherein the ground wire does not pass through or alongside the insulator.

Abstract: A hermetic feed-through includes a housing body defining a hollow space, a plurality of conductive pins and a seal structure. The plurality of conductive pins extend through the hollow space. The seal structure is provided in the hollow space and includes a single-piece glass component. The single-piece glass component hermetically seals at least two conductive pins to the housing body and electrically insulates the at least two conductive pins from the housing body.

Abstract: A cable bushing assembly and a method of sealing a cable penetration through a housing are provided. The bushing assembly includes an interior shell, a central cavity and at least one aperture between a first face and a second face. At least one cable passes through the bushing assembly. The bushing assembly also includes an exterior shell at least partially circumscribing the interior shell. A clasp is located between the interior shell and the exterior shell to prevent separation of the exterior shell from the interior shell. Packing material seals the at least one cable within the interior shell. A method of sealing a cable penetration includes providing a housing with an opening, inserting a bushing assembly into the opening, and securing the cable bushing.

Abstract: A gasket system is described for use with a conduit and junction box dust-tight seal assembly. The seal assembly includes a two-piece split clamp, each clamp having a shaft portion, a flange portion, a locknut cavity portion and lip portion. The gasket system includes one or more of a shaft gasket, a flange gasket, and a lip gasket that are mounted on and are used in conjunction with the overall seal assembly.

Abstract: Provided is a seal structure which can reduce the thickness of an electronic device, can be easily assembled and disassembles, and can exhibit an excellent seal performance. Thus, the seal structure for an electronic device, which seals a gap between a flexible wiring substrate inserted to a through-hole provided in a case member of an electronic device and the through-hole, is comprised of an annular gasket composed of a rubber elastic material, a part of which is integrally molded with the flexible wiring substrate, and a retainer plate for retaining the gasket in conjunction with the case member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cable protective bushing for a terminal display stand which is configured such that an antitheft cable connected to a terminal can be prevented from being damaged by being scraped on a corner or an edge of the display stand while the cable is repeatedly extracted from the display stand and retracted thereinto. The cable protective bushing includes an insert part which is disposed in a cable hole formed in the terminal display stand so that a cable passes through the cable hole, and a rounded extension part which extends from a lower end of the insert part and is disposed in the terminal display stand and rounded with respect to a vertical direction, thus preventing the cable from being damaged when the cable is extracted from the cable hole or retracted thereinto.

Abstract: A cable positioning device and a charger using the cable positioning device is disclosed to include a cable positioning device mounted in a mounting structure inside the charger to secure a cable. The cable positioning device includes a polygonal column that can be forced by an external pressure to deform non-elastically and to further tightly fit the cable, having at least one surface thereof abutted against an inner wall of the mounting structure in the axial direction of the cable to prevent displacement of the cable positioning device and the internal electric wires of the cable due to accidental twisting of the external part of the cable, improving the cable installation efficiency.

Abstract: A system for transmitting electric power through a wall, including a housing intended for being rigidly connected to the wall, and two penetrator sub-units on either side of the housing, each including a conductive element and an insulating element rigidly connected to one another. The system is arranged so as to maintain electrical contact between the conductive elements of the penetrator sub-units while enabling the conducting elements to move axially relative to one another. The insulating elements of the two penetrator sub-units engage with the housing such that the compression forces to which each penetrator sub-unit is exposed are at least partially transmitted to the housing.

Abstract: One aspect is a method of coupling a feedthrough assembly to a surrounding case of an implantable medical device. An insulator having a plurality of conducting elements extending therethrough is provided. The insulator is placed with conducting elements within an opening of a case, thereby defining a narrow space between the insulator and the case. A braze preform is placed adjacent the insulator and case in the narrow space. The insulator is heated with a laser until raising the temperature of the adjacent preform above its melting point such that it fills the space between the insulator and the case.

Abstract: A new bushing for strain reducing electrical fittings is disclosed. The bushing increases the pull-out performance of the fitting by including a textured area where the bushing comes into contact with the cable. The textured area may be created by affixing solid particles to the bushing so that the friction between the bushing and cable is increased.

Abstract: A high voltage arrangement for a high voltage power system has an insulating structure which reduces the creep path. The insulating structure is arranged around the second conductor and has a continuous extension in an axial direction from a first end thereof providing insulation of essentially the entire length of the second conductor to a second end around the bushing portion, which second end extends around the bushing portion at least to a point where an electric potential of an external surface of the bushing portion is at most equal to the average of the potential of the first conductor and the potential of the interfacing plane when the high voltage arrangement is in use.

Abstract: A universal bushing is described herein. The universal bushing can include a base member and a first bushing member. The base member can include at least one outer portion and at least one inner wall that forms a first cavity, where the at least one inner wall has a perimeter that is substantially uniform along a first height of the at least one inner wall. The first bushing member can be removeably coupled to the base member and disposed within the first cavity, where the first bushing member includes at least one first wall having a first inner surface that forms a second cavity and a first outer surface, where the at least one first wall has a first inner perimeter that is substantially uniform along a second height of the at least one first wall, and where the first outer surface forms a first outer perimeter.

Abstract: Embodiments of this invention use multi-layer ceramic substrate with one or more hermetically sealed and filled metal vias with smaller pitch and size in combination with flexible printed circuit cables and interposers to provide a custom electric feed through for vacuum to atmosphere chambers. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A device for electric connection to an energy supply conductor for intermediate and high voltage. The device includes an insulation part and an electrically conducting voltage-carrying part. The voltage-carrying part is surrounded by an outer shell formed by the insulation part. The insulation part is formed by a thermoplastic polymer. At least along a part of the length of the voltage-carrying part, the outer shell extends with a spacing between its inner periphery and the outer periphery of the voltage-carrying part.

Abstract: A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes an insulator, a conduit configured to conduct electricity through the insulator, and a ferrule coupled to the insulator. The insulator is formed from a ceramic material and the conduit and insulator have a co-fired bond therebetween, which hermetically seals the conduit with the insulator. The insulator is elongate and has opposing ends that include flat surfaces and the ferrule includes a frame for receiving the insulator.

Abstract: A flat connector is provided. The flat connector includes a base, an electrical connection portion and a soldering layer. The base includes an end face, an inner surface positioned adjacent the end face, and an outer surface positioned on an opposite side with respect to the inner surface. The electrical connection portion electrically connects the inner surface and the outer surface and, while the soldering layer is provided along the end face.

Abstract: A cable feedthrough includes a frame element and a sealing element. The frame element includes at least two frame parts and forms an inner chamber delimited by the frame parts. The sealing element is disposed in the inner chamber, lying adjacent to at least one of another sealing element or at least one of the frame parts. The sealing element is fixed in the frame element by a press fit. The sealing element includes a base body with a passage configured to receive a cable therethrough, and a conical cable bushing formed on the base body to extend the passage. The conical bushing including gradated stepped regions having diameters of different sizes.

Abstract: A protection member for protecting cables extending through an installing hole of a board includes a plate defining a through hole, and a flange portion extending out from a sidewall bounding the through hole. A number of resilient portions are extended from the flange portion. The flange portion is extended through the installing hole. The plate and the resilient portions are abutted against opposite sides of the board.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure, a bracket, a connector, and a fan. The enclosure includes a bottom plate and two side plates located on the bottom plate. The bracket is secured to the side plates and includes a bottom wall. The bottom wall is substantially parallel to the bottom plate and defines an installing opening. Two locking pieces extend from two opposite edges of the installing opening. Each of the locking pieces defines a locking hole. The connector is secured in the installing opening, the connector comprising two resilient portions. A locking protrusion protrudes from each of the resilient portions. The locking protrusions of the resilient portions engage in the locking holes of the locking pieces. The resilient portions are deformable to disengage the locking protrusions from the locking holes. The fan is received in the bracket and adapted to be electrically coupled to the connector.

Abstract: A wire lead-in device for leading wires into a building from the upper side of a roofing material laid on a roof structural member includes a main body having a transversely long plate-like base part that is mounted on the roofing material, an insertion hole that penetrates through the base part and through which the wires are capable of being inserted, a peripheral wall that surrounds the wires passing through the insertion hole and extending to an eaves side from right, left, and ridge sides, and extends upward from the base part, and of which lower ends are inclined upward toward the eaves side, and an inclined bottom wall that couples the inclined lower ends of the peripheral wall, and a lid member that is detachably mounted on the main body and is capable of closing an upper opening of the peripheral wall.

Abstract: An electrical bushing is disclosed for use in high voltage cryogenic applications. The bushing including first and second bushing portions and an electrical conductor disposed longitudinally within the portions. The electrical conductor has a first terminal extending from the first bushing portion and a second terminal extending from the second bushing portion. The first terminal is configured to couple to a first electrical element at ambient temperature, and the second terminal is configured to couple to a second electrical element at cryogenic temperature. The first and second bushing portions comprise a base insulator material, while the first bushing portion further comprises an environmental protection layer disposed over the base insulator portion.

Abstract: One aspect is a method of coupling an insulator to a surrounding ferrule in an implantable medical device. An insulator is provided having a plurality of conducting elements extending therethrough. The insulator is placed with conducting elements within a ferrule having a frame-like shape surrounding the insulator along an interface. The insulator is heated with a first laser until raising the temperature of insulator to a first temperature level. The ferrule is welded to the insulator along the interface with a second laser once the insulator has reached the first temperature.

Abstract: A grommet (10) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wire harness connecting part (11) which is liquid-tightly connected to a wire harness (20), a panel connecting part (13) which can be liquid-tightly connected to a panel opening (31), an extending part (12) shape-changeably extending between the wire harness connecting part (11) and the panel connecting part (13), and an extending-part-shape maintaining part (12a) which maintains a shape of the extending part (12) in a state where a distance between the wire harness connecting part (11) and the panel connecting part (13) in a length direction of the wire harness (20) is shorter than that of the case where the panel connecting part (13) is liquid-tightly connected to the panel opening (31).

Abstract: A fire stop system with a pass through device is installed in a structural opening. The fire stop system includes a split pipe, a foam wall gasket and an annulus plate. The split pipe includes a first end and a second end. The first end and the second end have an intumescent material installed thereon to seal the split pipe when the split pipe is exposed to elevated temperatures. The foam wall gasket is installed around the split pipe adjacent the structural opening. The foam wall gasket forms a contour to the structural opening blocking air flow between the split pipe and the opening. The annulus plate covers the foam wall gasket and is installed around the split pipe at the structural opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable sleeve for guiding a cable in the inlet and outlet region of a hand-held tool. An end of the cable sleeve on the housing side is connected to the housing in a fixable manner, particularly in a form-fitting manner, so that advantageously no dust, dirt, or water may enter between the cable sleeve and the cable. According to the invention the cable sleeve has preferably a radial sealing element which corresponds to the cable and/or the housing in a sealing manner.

Abstract: In a grommet 1 including a grommet main body 11 in which an electrical wire insertion hole 12 through which an electric wire is inserted is provided and in which an annular seal portion 13 which abuts against an opening edge 33 of a panel mounting hole 32 is provided, the annular seal portion 13 includes an inner side annular supporting portion 17, an outer side annular supporting portion 18 integrally formed with the grommet main body 11 at the outer circumference of the inner side annular supporting portions 17, and an arc-shaped abutting portion 16 formed so as arcuately to connect tips 17a and 18a of the inner side annular supporting portion 17 and the outer side annular supporting portion 18 and abuts against the opening edge 33 of the panel mounting hole 32.

Abstract: A strain relief device is disclosed that allows the passage of at least one telecommunication cable therethrough. The exemplary strain relief device has a one-piece, rectangular tubular body, an external strength member securing section to secure strength members from the at least one telecommunication cable to the rectangular tubular body and a sealing member to provide an environmental seal between the at least one telecommunication cable and the strain relief device and between the strain relief device and a mounting structure into which the strain relief device is inserted. The rectangular tubular body has an outer surface and at least one cable channel extending between a first end of the rectangular tubular body and a second end rectangular tubular body.

Abstract: A sealing-member-equipped shielded cable includes a shielded cable that includes shielded wires and a sealing member that is molded from a resin and that includes an electrically conductive member in at least a portion thereof. The sealing member is integrally formed on one end portion of the shielded cable, and the shielded wires are electrically connected to the electrically conductive member of the sealing member.

Abstract: A waterstop member of a cable insertion hole of an electronic apparatus made of rubber, provided with a taper shaped inside member which is positioned at the inside of the housing, a hole member which closely contacts the cable insertion hole, and a thick walled outside member which is positioned at the outside of the housing, the cable hole which runs through the inside member, hole member, and outside member and in which the pull-out cable is inserted being provided with a waterstop ring, a thick wall part of the outside member being provided with a circumferential groove which is provided with a diameter which is larger than the cable hole, a bottom surface of the circumferential groove is provided with water drainage holes which communicate with the outside, and the cable hole being designed so that water will not enter the inside of the housing when the cable moves.

Abstract: A feed-through is provided that includes a flange and a first functional component. The flange has a through-opening in which the first functional component is arranged and is connected to the flange such that the through-opening is sealed. The first functional component has at least one deformation region, in which a recess is provided such that the mechanical stability of the first functional component is reduced in the deformation region. In this manner, the first functional element can be deformed in the deformation area when mechanical load is applied.

Abstract: Provided is a protection part for an electronic circuit of a survey meter and a high range gamma-ray survey meter into which the protection part is inserted, in which the protection part is easily mounted in the survey meter to prevent the electronic circuit from being short-circuited when a conductive material is introduced into the electronic circuit. The protection part includes an insulator part for interrupting electricity other than that used for a signal transmission cable, an elastic stainless steel sheet part inserted into the insulator part, and a cable hole part through which the signal transmission cable passes when the protection part is inserted into the high range gamma-ray survey meter. Also, the protection part is inserted into the high range gamma-ray survey meter such that a telescopic part hole and a display part of the high range gamma-ray survey meter are physically separated from each other.

Abstract: A bushing is provided for a wire. The bushing includes a polymeric body that extends a length from an end to an opposite end. The body includes a pre-coiled shape wherein the body includes at least one coil defined between the ends. The body is biased to the pre-coiled shape and is flexible such that the body is configured to be at least partially unwound from the pre-coiled shape, against the bias, for wrapping the body around the wire. The body is resiliently unwindable from the pre-coiled shape such that the body is configured to at least partially return to the pre-coiled shape as the body is wrapped around the wire.

Abstract: A fluid-tight cable bushing for a ribbon cable has two profile supports. The ribbon cable extends through an opening in a penetration element, such as a housing for a switch or meter. The bushing has two profile supports each with a first flange having snap-on elements and a second flange. The first flanges extend symmetrical along and enclose the ribbon cable. To form a first fixation point, the snap-on elements are v-shaped and arranged to snap against a first end of the opening. To form a second fixation point, the second flanges extend laterally beyond a second end of the opening. A fluid-tight potting mass covers one of the fixation points. Preferably, the potting mass is disposed in a recess formed in the penetration element about the opening.

Abstract: An implantable device includes an exterior gold surface and a thin film disposed on the exterior gold surface and forming a barrier between the exterior gold surface and an implanted environment, in which the thin film includes molecules with a head portion, the head portion attached to the exterior gold surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for fixing a cable to a cable outlet stub (30), comprising a clamping sleeve (2), a spring element (10) and a locking ring (20), wherein the spring element (10) comprises at least one locking hook (15) which can be inserted into a peripheral groove (31) in the cable outlet stub (30) as a result of a movement of the locking ring (20) relative to the clamping sleeve (2), and wherein the locking hooks (15) of the spring element (10), as the locking ring (20) rotates into an end position of a first direction (locking direction), are fully inserted into the peripheral groove in the cable outlet stub (30), so that the clamping sleeve (2) is captively held on the cable outlet stub (30).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for feeding one or more lines through an opening in a wall or a floor, comprising a frame (2) arranged in the opening, wherein the frame (2) forms one or more feed-through openings (3), which can be closed by means of one or more covers (6), and wherein brush bristles (11) are reversibly attached by attachment means to the inner wall (9) that forms the inner edge (4) of the feed-through opening (3), wherein the brush bristles (11) are arranged in such a way that the brush bristles cover the feed-through opening (3).

Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a plate and a cable management clip. The plate defines an opening for a plurality of cables extending therethrough. The cable management clip is connected to an edge of the opening. The cable management clip includes a blocking piece. A width of blocking piece is larger than a width of the opening. The blocking piece is attracted on the plate to restrict the plurality of cables between the plate and the cable management clip.

Abstract: Bushings, sealing devices, tubing, and methods of installing tubing are provided. One aspect of the invention provides a bushing having one or more axially-extending tongues. Another aspect of the invention provides a sealing device for connecting a length of tubing. The sealing device includes a body member defining a sleeve portion and a bushing arranged to be received in the sleeve portion. The bushing includes one or more tongues adapted and configured to be received over at least one layer of the tubing.

Abstract: A cable connector for receiving a cable includes a substantially tubular connector body having a central bore extending therethrough, a forward end, and a cable receiving end. A gland nut is coupled to the cable receiving end of the connector body, wherein the gland nut is axially movable from a first position relative to the connector body to a second position relative to the connector body. A substantially tubular bushing element is secured between the gland nut and the connector body, wherein the bushing element comprises a tubular body for receiving the cable therethrough. The tubular body of the bushing element includes a flexible portion and a semi-rigid portion, wherein the flexible portion comprises a first hardness to seal the flexible portion to the cable and the semi-rigid portion comprises a second hardness to securely fix the cable relative to the bushing element.

Abstract: A high-voltage bushing includes a housing and a tube disposed within the housing. A conductor is disposed within the tube. An electrically conductive contact member is connected to the tube and has a first opening to receive and contact the conductor. Accordingly, spark-over between the inner surface of the tube and the outer surface of the draw-lead cable caused by a high-frequency transient is substantially prevented.

Abstract: A current-conducting pin for a hermetic terminal is disclosed. A bimetallic pin includes an exterior jacket of a first metal material and an interior core of a second material. A recess is formed in at least one of the opposite ends of the pin and a sealing material is disposed in the recess and hermetically seals a annular interface between the exterior jacket and the interior core of the pin.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed filtered feedthrough includes a chip capacitor disposed on a circuit board on a device side. A first low impedance electrical connection is between a capacitor first end metallization and a conductor which is disposed through an insulator. A second low impedance electrical connection is between the capacitor second end metallization and a ferrule or housing. The second low impedance electrical connection may include an oxide-resistant electrical connection forming the hermetic seal between the insulator and the ferrule or housing and an electrical connection between and to the second end metallization and directly to the oxide-resistant electrical connection. Alternatively, the second low impedance electrical connection may include an oxide-resistant metal addition attached directly to the ferrule or housing and an electrical connection between and to the second end metallization and directly to the oxide-resistant metal addition.

Abstract: A cable bushing assembly and a method of sealing a cable penetration through a housing are provided. The bushing assembly includes an interior shell, a central cavity and at least one aperture between a first face and a second face. At least one cable passes through the bushing assembly. The bushing assembly also includes an exterior shell at least partially circumscribing the interior shell. A clasp is located between the interior shell and the exterior shell to prevent separation of the exterior shell from the interior shell. Packing material seals the at least one cable within the interior shell. A method of sealing a cable penetration includes providing a housing with an opening, inserting a bushing assembly into the opening, and securing the cable bushing.

Abstract: A bushing including a bottom contact, and a tubular conductor, having a lower part having an end in electrical and mechanical contact with the bottom contact, and a draw rod arrangement, inside the conductor, arranged to exert sufficient contact pressure between the bottom contact and the conductor, and the draw rod arrangement includes a member in mechanical contact with the conductor and draw rod having a second end, fixedly connected to the bottom contact, and a first end in connection to the member and clamping means, the clamping means is adapted to apply a force, urging the member in the direction of the bottom contact to generate sufficient contact pressure between the bottom contact and the conductor. The member of the draw rod arrangement is arranged to apply the force to the lower part of the conductor.

Abstract: A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes an insulator body and a ferrule. The insulator body includes ceramic material and one or more electrically conductive conduits extending through the insulator body. The insulator is disposed in an opening of the ferrule. The insulator body includes a plurality of substantially flat surfaces that each include a plurality of edges. A rounded corner extends between adjacent edges of any two adjacent substantially flat surfaces. Each corner between any two adjacent substantially flat surfaces that face toward the ferrule has an average radius that is less than approximately 25% of a length of the corresponding edges.

Abstract: An electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device is proposed. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element establishes, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, at least in part. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. The electrical bushing includes at least one head part. The head part includes at least one plug connector element that enables electrical connection of at least one plug element from the external space to the plug connector element.

Abstract: A method of fabricating electrical feedthroughs coats of a plurality of electrically conductive wires with an electrically insulating material and bundles the coated wires together in a substantially parallel arrangement. The bundled coated wires are secured to each other by joining the electrically insulating material of adjacent wires together to form a monolithic block which is then cut transverse to the wires to produce a block section having opposing first and second sides with a plurality of electrically conductive feedthroughs extending between them.

Abstract: Provided is a feed through. The feed through comprises: an optical device; a housing surrounding the optical device and having a first hole; a solder coupled into the first hole and having a plurality of second holes, each smaller than the first hole; and lead frames leading from the inside of the housing to the outside through the second holes and having a more reduced line width at the inside of the second holes than the outside thereof.

Abstract: A corona resistant high voltage bushing assembly includes an insulating sleeve to surround a conductor, a flange located on an outside surface of the insulating sleeve, and a first band of semiconductive glaze located on the outer surface of the insulating sleeve spaced apart from an end of the insulating sleeve.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a plate and an air baffle assembly. The plate defines a through hole. The air baffle assembly is mounted in the through hole. The air baffle assembly includes a base mounted to a portion of the plate bounding the through hole, and a number of bristle-shaped flexible air baffle portions formed on the base to partially cover the through hole.