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WO2025068261A1
WO2025068261A1 PCT/EP2024/076896 EP2024076896W WO2025068261A1 WO 2025068261 A1 WO2025068261 A1 WO 2025068261A1 EP 2024076896 W EP2024076896 W EP 2024076896W WO 2025068261 A1 WO2025068261 A1 WO 2025068261A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B35/00—Piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids and characterised by the driving means to their working members, or by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors, not otherwise provided for
    • F04B35/04—Piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids and characterised by the driving means to their working members, or by combination with, or adaptation to, specific driving engines or motors, not otherwise provided for the means being electric
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/521—Sealing between contact members and housing, e.g. sealing insert

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  • the present disclosure relates to electrical feedthrough assemblies in general, especially to electrical feedthrough assemblies that may be attached to a housing, preferably a housing for an E-compressor, an electrical storage device, a pressure sensor or the like.
  • the present disclosure relates to electrical feedthrough assemblies that are suited for high-voltage applications.
  • Electrical feedthrough assemblies usually comprise base bodies made of a metal material and comprising at least one through hole arranged within the base body, with a pin that is also made of metal arranged within the through hole.
  • the pin is held by an insulating material so that it is held in an electrical insulating way. The pin may then be electrically contacted.
  • These feedthrough assemblies may be employed in various applications such as in electrical storage devices such as batteries, in pressure sensors or the like.
  • the insulating material seals the pin within the through hole so that a preferably fluid-tight seal is achieved.
  • US 2023156937 A discloses an electrical feedthrough assembly comprising a base body having at least one through hole and at least one pin arranged within the through hole that is electrically insulated from the base body and sealed in the through hole by an insulating material, e.g. by glass, so that at least one feedthrough is formed in the base body.
  • the coefficient of thermal expansion of the insulating material may be smaller than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the base body so that a compression seal feedthrough may be provided.
  • Japanese patent application JP 2017-112082 A1 relates to a hermetic seal having a pin that has a core material that is being covered by a low electric resistance material and an outer bonding coating material.
  • the adhesion of the insulating material that seals the pin within the opening of the base body of the seal to this outer coating material may be problematic, such that special measures are to be taken into account, such as oxidizing the surface of the pin (and, thus, the surface of the outer coating material layer).
  • JP 2017/152127 A1 also relates to a feedthrough assembly having a hermetic seal.
  • the base body of this feedthrough assembly and/or the pin of the feedthrough may comprise a coating layer that is present prior to glazing the pin within the opening of the base body during feedthrough formation.
  • the coating is intended to melt upon sealing of the assembly in order to enable a stress relieving effect for the seal being formed after cooling.
  • Japanese patent application JP 2022/03071 A relates to a hermetic seal comprising a pin, wherein the surface may be Ni-plated.
  • the surface of the pin has undergone a mechanical surface treatment.
  • Electric compressors or e-compressors are widely used in environmentally friendly vehicles to support the operation of the air conditioning system. Further, e-compressors are present in air conditioners, refrigerators, other cooling systems etc. Electric and hybrid vehicles are equipped with battery powered electric compressors. The electric compressors must be hermetically sealed and function with their own motor inside. E-Compressor terminals or feedthrough assemblies are important components of electric compressors and must be designed and manufactured carefully for optimal performance. An e-compressor terminal enables the transfer of large amounts of energy from the battery to the air conditioning compressor, and at the same time must remain reliably gas-tight to prevent refrigerant leakage. Electric compressors have very high performance and durability requirements while also being subjected to harsh environmental conditions. These include high pressure, high humidity and vibration.
  • Compressor terminals or feedthroughs must be able to withstand such adverse conditions without issue. Highly controlled and precise processes are necessary to provide long-term reliable gas-tightness. Moreover, the compressor terminals must deliver extremely high insulation resistance and high voltage capabilities to support future quick-charging technology developments. High current capabilities are also essential to enable upcoming 48 V electrical systems.
  • the surfaces of the metal parts are generally oxidized, i.e. a thin metal oxide film is generated on the surfaces so that a tight substance-to-substance bond can be formed upon sealing with e.g. glass.
  • oxidized surfaces or untreated metal material is prone to corrosion and cannot be contacted electrically in the later application.
  • smooth surfaces of pin and/or base body are preferred. Therefore, a very conductive material, such as a Ni coating or Ni plating is generally applied to both the base body and the pin after bonding / sealing the assembly.
  • existing metal oxide films have to be removed from the metal surfaces prior to do Ni-plating of the assembly.
  • the insulating material usually only shows a poor wetting of a Ni-plated surface, a Ni-coating which effectively prevents the assembly from corrosion in the later application and which provides the needed electrical connectability, cannot be applied to the base body and/or the pin prior to bonding or sealing when a tight hermetic seal is needed.
  • the overall problem is not overcome by applying a bonding layer, or by mechanically treating the surface of the pin prior to bonding, process steps that are, in addition, rather costly and the result is not satisfactory.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide for electrical feedthrough assemblies that overcome the problems of the state of the art at least partially. of invention
  • the disclosure therefore relates to an electrical feedthrough assembly, especially for the attachment to a housing, comprising a base body having a first and a second side, the base body comprising at least one through hole and at least one pin arranged within the through hole that is electrically insulated from the base body and sealed in the through hole by an insulating material so that at least one feedthrough is formed in the base body, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the insulating material is smaller than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the base body so that a compression seal feedthrough is provided, wherein the insulating material comprises glass or consists of glass or is made of glass, wherein the surface of the glass is at least partially a native surface, preferably at least partially a fire-polished surface, and wherein the pin comprises a Ni-plating in a contact area with the insulating material.
  • the surface roughness (R a ) of the native, preferably fire-polished, surface is at most 0.80 pm (R a ) and/or the surface roughness (R z ) of the native, preferably fire-polished, surface, is at most 1.00 pm (R z ).
  • Such an arrangement has a lot of advantages. For example, it is not necessary any more to Ni- plate the electrical feedthrough assembly after its assembly, as the pin has already been Ni- plated prior to assembly, thus having the required highly conductive, corrosion protected surface necessary for the application.
  • This possibility using metal parts that have been Ni-plated prior to assembly is particularly advantageous in embodiments in which the base body is also Ni-plated prior to assembly (i.e. preferably the base body comprises a Ni-plating) and/or the assembly comprises several pins that have all been Ni-plated prior to assembly. That is, preferably all metals parts that need to comprise this highly conductive, corrosion protected surface are, like the at least one pin, provided prior to assembly as already Ni-plated part(s).
  • the insulating material in the electrical feedthrough assembly of the disclosure, comprises a glass or consists of glass or is made of glass, which is advantageous as the glass material, during bonding, melts and flows, which means that a good physical contact between the surface of the glass and the pin and, of course, the base body may be obtained rather easily.
  • the pin comprises a Ni-plating in the area in which the insulating material, in particular, a glass material, contacts and covers the pin (that is, the contact area in the sense of the disclosure).
  • the Ni-plating of the pin is present in the entire contact area.
  • the pin may, in this case, be Nickel-plated prior to bonding.
  • the base body preferably is Ni-plated prior to assembly, the glass material will also contact and cover the base body in a contact area.
  • the Ni-plating of the base body may be present in that entire contact area.
  • Ni-plating prior to bonding also allows the surface of the insulating material, in particular, of a glass material, being at least partially a native surface, preferably at least partially a fire-polished surface, preferably with a surface roughness within the above-mentioned boundaries.
  • a native surface has a higher chemical resistance and thus helps to provide for a very stable electrical feedthrough assembly that may be used in high quality applications such as mentioned further above.
  • a fire-polished surface may easily be detected by the person skilled in the art, as such a surface is characterized by being glossy. This glossy appearance translates to a good surface quality of the glass material, which in turn means that the glass material and, thus, the electrical feedthrough is less prone to chemical and/or mechanical attacks frequently encountered in harsh environments.
  • a native surface is understood to be a surface that has not undergone any surface treatment, such as a chemical treatment, e.g. chemical etching, or a mechanical treatment or the like, after formation.
  • the surface is a fire-polished surface at least partially, that is, at least in parts thereof. This means that the surface has at least partially been formed without contact to any further parts, such as machine parts, materials and/or molds.
  • the surface of the insulating material being at least partially a fire polished surface means that it has been formed, at least partially, contact-free.
  • the insulating material comprises glass or consists of glass or is made of glass, wherein the surface of the glass is a native surface, preferably at least partially a fire-polished surface.
  • Such a native, preferably fire-polished surface has a high chemical resistance and is also very smooth, preferably having a surface roughness (R a ) of at most 0.80 pm, preferably at most 0.75 pm, more preferably at most 0.70 pm and/or a surface roughness (R z ) of at most 1 .00 pm, preferably at most 0.80 pm, more preferably at most 0.60 pm, yet more preferably at most 0.50 pm, and most preferably at most 0.40 pm, and preferably a surface roughness (R a ) of at least 0.001 pm and/or at a surface roughness (Rz) of least 0.001 pm.
  • Advantageous lower limits for (R a ) and/or (R z ) can be at least 0.01 pm.
  • the surface roughness (R a ) can also be at most 0.30 pm, preferably at most 0.10 pm, and more preferably at most 0.05 pm.
  • the surface roughness (Rz) can also be at most 0.20 pm, preferably at most 0.10 pm, more preferably at most 0.05 pm.
  • Ra refers to the arithmetic average surface roughness
  • Rz refers to the maximum peak-to-valley height of a surface profile and can be measured according to DIN EN ISO 4287:1984.
  • a Ni-plating is understood to refer to a coating (or plating) that is preferably obtained in a wet-chemical process, preferably in an electrochemical plating method that is known in the state of the art.
  • the coating may comprise other elements than Nickel, so that a Nickel alloy results.
  • the coating may comprise, in addition to Nickel, elements such as Cobalt, or Zinc, or Iron.
  • “Ni-plating” and “Ni-coating” may be used interchangeably.
  • the expression “the pin comprises a Ni-plating” may be used interchangeably with the expression “the pin is Ni-plated”, both expressions referring to the fact that the pin comprises a layer, preferably an outermost layer, that is made of a so-called “Ni-plating”, that is, a Ni-coating within the sense of the disclosure and explained in detail above.
  • the Ni-plating may be essentially Phosphor-free, that is, comprise Phosphor only in an amount of unavoidable chemical traces such as not more than 500 ppm by weight.
  • the Ni-coating may be applied in a galvanic process in which Phosphor is not a mandatory component.
  • the melting temperature of the Ni-plating is higher than the sealing temperature applied for sealing the pin and the insulating material into the base body. This means that the Ni-plating does not melt during the sealing process.
  • the film thickness of the Ni-plating is between at least 1 pm and at most 15 pm, preferably between at least 2 pm and at most 8 pm. This thickness is sufficient for providing effective corrosion protection of the Ni plated metal parts.
  • the Ni plated pin and/or base body can be better electrical contacted in the later application. A subsequent Ni plating after bonding / sealing is not necessary.
  • Ni-plating does not need to take place after assembly, which is advantageous in that the insulating material surface is not subjected to any chemical treatment used in known subsequent nickel plating processes that affects the surface of the insulating material.
  • the surface quality, especially the surface roughness, of the insulating material outer surfaces originating from the assembly process, especially the at least partially native surface of a glass can be preserved.
  • the whole surface of the pin is Ni-plated, that is, the whole surface of the pin comprises a Ni-plating.
  • the Ni-plating is present in that parts of the pin that are not in contact with the insulating material as well as in that parts of the pin that are in contact with the insulating material.
  • a surface roughness (Rz) of the pin and/or of the Ni-plating is less than 15.0 pm, preferably less than 12.0 pm, preferably less than 10.0 pm, preferably less than 8.0 pm, preferably less than 7.0 pm, preferably less than 6.0 pm.
  • An advantageous lower limit for the surface roughness (Rz)of the pin and/or of the Ni-plating can be 1.0 pm.
  • the given roughnesses are roughnesses easily obtained in standard manufacturing processes of pins.
  • the surface roughness of the pin translates into the surface roughness of the coating, that is, the Ni-plating in this case.
  • the pin in order to ensure a tight connection between the Ni-plating and the insulating material that comprises glass or consists of glass or is made of glass, the pin very often had to be surface treated, for example, oxidized and/or roughened in order to provide for a tight connection and, thus tight seal.
  • the surface roughness (Rz) described above is the roughness (Rz) of the Ni-plating.
  • the surface of the base body comprises a Ni-plating, preferably the whole surface of the base body, that is also in a contact area with the insulating material. Also, in this case, this means that a Ni-plating is present also in that parts of the base body that are in contact with the insulating material, which in turn means that according to a that preferred embodiment, the base body has been Ni-plated prior to assembly and formation of the seal.
  • Ni-ions or, more generally, metal ions of the Ni-plating may diffuse into the insulating material at least in an interface region thereof, thereby forming a reaction or interaction or at least an interdiffusional layer.
  • this also helps to ensure a very tight and preferably hermetic seal, especially in the very preferred embodiment of both the base body and the pin (and more preferably all pins of the electrical feedthrough assembly in case the feedthrough assembly comprises more than one feedthrough and, thus, pin) having a Ni-plating over their whole surface.
  • the at least one through hole is configured as a stepped through hole having at least one surface portion adjacent to a side of the base body and a middle portion, wherein the surface portion has a first diameter and the middle portion has a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter, and wherein the insulating material is present in both the middle portion and in the at least one surface portion of the through hole.
  • the at least one surface portion of the stepped through hole has a height that is as great as or smaller than half the thickness of the base body.
  • the remaining middle portion is able to provide enough compression for a tight seal.
  • the height of the surface part is even higher than half the thickness of the base body.
  • “middle portion” is that part of the through hole that will be located in a middle section of the stepped through hole, if the stepped through hole has surface portions with larger diameters on both sides. In this case, the heights of the surface portions are preferably smaller than half the thickness of the base body. If the stepped through hole has the surface portion with larger diameter only on one side, the “middle portion” will extend from the middle section of the through hole up to the other side of the base body opposite to the side having the surface portion. In this case, the height of the surface portion is preferably as great as or smaller than half the thickness of the base body.
  • the base body Prior to the feedthrough assembly of the invention, in order to provide hermetic feedthrough assemblies, the base body was often shaped in such a way that in the area of the through holes, the base body was designed to have a higher thickness than in other parts of the base body. That is, the base body was reinforced in terms of thickness adjacent to the through holes, in order to provide for a high compression.
  • the middle portion of the through hole is an advantageous feature of the through hole of the feedthrough assembly of the disclosure, as the middle portion serves for providing a pressure on the insulating material, as the material of the base body has a larger coefficient of thermal expansion, CTE, than the insulating material, helping providing a tight seal and fixture of the pin within the through hole by forming a compression seal, whereas the surface portion having the larger first diameter enlarges the creepage distance.
  • CTE coefficient of thermal expansion
  • This also helps to ensure a miniaturized design of an electrical feedthrough assembly in case the electrical feedthrough assembly comprises more than one pin and, thus, feedthrough. Upon miniaturizing the overall design of an electrical feedthrough assembly, the distance between adjacent pins is decreased.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure, that is, by shaping the at least one through hole so that at least one surface portion is formed that has in a surface portion a larger diameter, i.e. a so-called “first diameter”, than the diameter in a middle portion, i.e. the “second diameter”, thereof.
  • a stepped through hole is provided.
  • the surface portion filled with insulating material increases the creepage distance between the base body and the pin by increasing the insulation distance therebetween. This helps to prevent insulation degradation and electrical shorts caused, for example, by fine metal powders (such as wear debris or chips from a drive system inside a compressor) sticking between the base body and the pin.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly comprises at least one further pin, wherein a distance between the at least wo pins, determined as a distance between a center point of one pin to a center point of the other pin being in the range of at least 1 .2 times, preferably at least 1 .3 times, and at most 1 .6 times, preferably at most 1 .5 times, and for example at 1 .4 times, of the second diameter, that is, the diameter of the at least one through hole in the middle portion thereof, which means that the two pins are spaced very closely to each other.
  • a distance between the at least wo pins determined as a distance between a center point of one pin to a center point of the other pin being in the range of at least 1 .2 times, preferably at least 1 .3 times, and at most 1 .6 times, preferably at most 1 .5 times, and for example at 1 .4 times, of the second diameter, that is, the diameter of the at least one through hole in the middle portion thereof, which means that the two pins
  • the middle portion may not be able to provide sufficient pressure on the insulating material for providing a tight seal. Instead, plastic deformation may occur in the material of the base body. If the distance between the at least two pins is more than 1.6 times of the second diameter, the overall design of the feedthrough assembly gets too large.
  • the portion of the base body that provides the compression in order to hermetically seal the feedthrough has been diminished in order to provide for a larger creepage distance.
  • the inventor found that by doing so, not only is the creepage distance increased, but it is still possible to achieve a high enough compression.
  • base body, insulating material and pin form a metal-insulating material-feedthrough by which the through hole of the base body is closed.
  • the formed feedthrough is hermetically sealed.
  • Hermetic tightness is in particular understood to mean that the leakage rate of helium at a pressure differential of 1 bar is preferably ⁇ 1 10 mbar Is 1 , more preferably ⁇ 1 10 8 mbar Is 1 , and most preferably ⁇ 1 10 9 mbar Is 1 .
  • the insulating material is preferably, without being restricted to any of the special embodiments of the disclosure, present within the at least one through hole, preferably so that no gap between the insulating material (i.e. the glass) and the base body is formed, and, also preferably, so that the surfaces of the glass and the base body are flush.
  • the insulating material is present both in the middle portion and in the surface portion of the through hole, preferably so that the surface of the base body and the surface of the insulating material are flush at the boundary of the stepped through hole and the base body.
  • a small gap is formed between the insulating material and the surface of the base body at the boundary of the through hole.
  • a stepped through hole is understood to refer for a through hole that is configured so that it comprises at least two portions that have different diameters.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly of the disclosure in general may comprise only one through hole and, consequently, only one pin
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly of the disclosure is very well suited for assemblies comprising at least two pins, for example, at least three or more pins and, consequently, through holes that are preferably arranged in a line which can be an arc-shaped line or a straight line.
  • pins may also be arranged in a triangular or rectangular shape or circular shape.
  • three or more pins and through holes are arranged in a straight line.
  • the at least three through holes and/or the pins are arranged in a straight line, and preferably, in that case, the assembly comprises at least three pins/through holes that are arranged in a straight line, with a pitch, that is, a distance between the at least two pins (here, a distance between two pins next to each other) determined as a distance between a center point of one pin to a center point of the other pin (i.e. the adjacent pin) is between at least 1 .2 times and at most 1 .6 times of the diameter of the at least one through hole in the middle portion thereof, that is, the second diameter of the at least one through hole in the middle portion or, for short, the “second diameter” or middle portion diameter .
  • the pitch is the same between all pins of such a straight line assembly.
  • a straight line assembly according to the disclosure may preferably comprise at least three pins.
  • three or more pins and/or through holes are arranged in an arc-shaped line.
  • the at least three through holes and/or the pins are arranged in an arc-shaped line, and preferably, in that case, the assembly comprises at least three pins/through holes that are arranged in an arc-shaped line, with a pitch, that is, a distance between the at least two pins( here, a distance between two pins next to each other) determined as a distance between a center point of one pin to a center point of the other pin ( i.e.
  • the adjacent pin is between at least 1 .2 times and at most 1 .6 times of the diameter of the at least one through hole in the middle portion thereof, i.e.the “second diameter”.
  • the pitch is the same between all pins of such an arc-shaped line assembly.
  • An arcshaped line assembly according to the disclosure may preferably comprise at least three pins.
  • all through holes of the electrical feedthrough assembly are configured as stepped through holes each having at least one surface portion adjacent to a side of the base body having a first diameter and a middle portion having a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter, wherein preferably all surface portions having a first diameter are formed on the same side of the base body.
  • the creepage distance is enlarged for all pins of the electrical feedthrough assembly.
  • the height of the at least one surface portion is as great as or smaller than half the thickness of the base body.
  • the at least one through hole is formed as a stepped through hole so that the at least one through hole comprises surface portions formed on both sides of the base body with two first diameters being larger than the second diameter of the middle portion of the at least one through hole, wherein preferably the surface portions are formed identically on both sides of the base body.
  • the at least one through hole is configured as a stepped through hole on the first side and on the second side of the base body.
  • the surface portions having the first diameters are formed identical on both sides of the base body. Shaping the at least one through hole so that it is formed as s stepped through hole on both sides of the base body, as explained above, is advantageous as in this way, the creepage distance is increased on both sides of the assembly.
  • all through holes are formed as stepped through holes comprising surface portions formed on both sides of the base body with two first diameters being larger than the second diameter of the middle portion of the at least one through hole, wherein preferably the surface portions are each formed identically on both sides.
  • all surface portions are formed identically.
  • the at least one through hole comprises surface portions that are formed on both sides of the base body, the two surface portions are formed identically on both side of the base body.
  • all through holes of the assembly comprise at least one surface portion with a larger diameter (i.e. the first diameter) than the diameter of the middle portion (i.e. the second diameter of the through hole) of the respective through hole formed on one side of the base body - i.e.
  • all through holes are configured as stepped through holes each having at least one surface portion adjacent to a side of the base body having a first diameter and a middle portion having a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter - the surface portions are preferably formed identically. This is advantageous in terms of overall assembly design.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly comprises more than one so-called “stepped through hole” according to any embodiment of the through hole and/or the electrical feedthrough assembly as disclosed
  • these through holes are preferably formed identically.
  • the through holes may be formed differently with respect to each other and/or at least one through hole may have a surface portion on the first side that is different from the surface portion on the second side of the base body and so on.
  • the upper limit of the diameter of the surface portion depends on the overall design of the feedthrough assembly.
  • each feedthrough is formed separately, so that one might contemplate to design a surface portion whose diameter or diameters (i.e. the diameter(s) of the surface portion(s) or so-called “first diameter(s)”) is/are large enough to provide for an increased creepage distance, while at the same time a bar of the side of the base body remains, thereby forming a barrier between the insulating material of one feedthrough from the insulating material of the further feedthrough adjacent to the at least one feedthrough.
  • the through holes are formed having a circular cross section, of course within the limits of standard manufacture tolerances. That is, the middle portion and the surface portion(s) of the through holes have circular cross sections that are characterized by having a diameter. At least one of the through holes is formed as a stepped through hole, as explained in detail further above.
  • a stepped through hole comprises at least two portions, one of them arranged at the side (or side face) of the base body and having a first diameter and a further portion arranged in a middle portion having a second, smaller diameter than the first diameter.
  • the middle portion and its diameter extends up to the side of the base body that is opposite to that side having the surface portion.
  • the base body has a thickness of at least 2 mm and/or at most 6 mm, and/or, in case the through hole is formed as a stepped through hole, the middle portion has a height of at least 1 mm and/or at most 4 mm.
  • the base body can exert sufficient pressure on the insulating material, which ensures a tight seal, while at the same time, a sufficient enlargement of the creepage distance is provided for high voltage and/or high power applications.
  • the thickness of the base body is at least 2.5 mm, more preferably at least 3 mm.
  • the thickness of the base body preferably is at most 5.5 mm, more preferably at most 5 mm.
  • the middle portion has a height of at least 1 .5 mm, preferably at least 2 mm, and further preferably, the middle portion has a height of at most 3.5 mm, preferably at most 3 mm.
  • the height of the surface portion depends on the overall design of the feedthrough assembly and can preferably be as great as or smaller than half the thickness of the base body.
  • the height of the at least one surface portion is at least 0.2 mm, preferably at least 0.3 mm or at least 0.5 mm.
  • a certain minimum height is advantageous, as otherwise there is a risk that the glass in the surface portion will flake off.
  • an advantageous upper limit for the height of the surface portion may be 1 .0 mm or 0.7 mm.
  • An advantageous range for the height of the surface portion can be 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm or 0.3 mm to 0.7 mm.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly of the disclosure generally comprises a feedthrough that is formed as compression seal, that is, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the insulating material is smaller than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the base body so that compression seal feedthrough result.
  • the insulating material and the base body may form a substance-to-substance bond, which results in a very tight seal that may even be a hermetic seal.
  • a form-lock join is formed that may also be a hermetic seal. In both cases, it is preferred that the insulating material is provided as a preform that very closely matches the form of the through hole.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly comprises glass as insulating material.
  • the insulating material comprises glass or consists of glass or is made of glass, wherein preferably, the surface of the glass is at least partially a native surface, as has been explained in detail further above, preferably at least partially a fire-polished surface.
  • the insulating material comprises a glass or consists of glass or is made of glass is very advantageous.
  • the insulating material may be provided in the form of a preform that may, for example, comprise or consist of a glass powder, for example in the form of a pellet of glass powder that may even be presintered in order to provide a sufficient mechanical stability for handling during manufacture.
  • the preform may be shaped so that it preferably closely matches the shape of the through hole of the base body.
  • the preform may generally, without being limited to the special embodiment of the insulating material being a glass, also preferably comprise a through hole for inserting the pin.
  • the preform may generally, without being limited to any special embodiment of the disclosure, be placed within the through hole of the base body and the pin may be inserted into the through hole of the preform. Then, base body, preform and pin may be heated so that the glass melts and contacts and/or wets the surface of the base body and the pin. It has been found by the inventor that by shaping the through hole as a stepped through hole and by closely matching the preform shape to the shape of the stepped through hole, a form-lock join may be formed.
  • the molten glass generally flows and thereby contacts and/or wets the material of the base body and the pin, so that a very tight seal is formed and the pin is sealed within the through hole by the insulating material.
  • Shaping the preform so that it closely matches the shape of the through hole, especially a stepped through hole generally ensures in combination with the compression provided by the base body in the compression seal that a close connection between insulating material and base body and insulating material and pin may be formed, even if there is no substance-to-substance bond but a form-lock join. In that way, a glass-to-metal-seal that preferably is hermetically sealed may result, despite the Ni-plating. This was surprising.
  • a glass is understood as an inorganic material that is obtained in a melting process and that is, after melting, an amorphous material.
  • the glass may be completely amorphous material, or may be a crystallizable or an at least partially crystallized glass that may sometimes also be denoted a so-called “glass ceramic”.
  • the insulating material that is, the glass, comprises an extending portion of the insulating material such that the insulating material extends beyond at least one of the sides of the base body along the at least one pin, contacts the at least one pin and surrounds it, preferably completely.
  • the extending portion has a diameter (i.e.
  • the third diameter or the extending portion diameter that is as great as or smaller than the diameter of the middle portion (i.e. the middle portion diameter or second diameter) of the through hole and wherein the third diameter of said extending portion decreases continuously from the side of the base body along the at least one pin, thereby forming an arc.
  • the extending portion of the insulating material is preferably in contact with the at least one pin.
  • the through hole only has one diameter, i.e. it does not have a surface portion having a first diameter being larger than a second diameter of a middle portion - or in other words, the through hole is not configured as a stepped through hole -, the diameter of the through hole corresponds to the diameter of the middle portion (“second diameter” as defined above) so that in this case the diameter of the extending portion is as great as or smaller than the diameter of the through hole.
  • the insulating material that is, the glass, comprises an extending portion of the insulating material such that the insulating material extends beyond at least one of the sides of the base body along the at least one pin, contacts the at least one pin and surrounds it, preferably completely.
  • the extending portion of the insulating material is in contact with the at least one pin, wherein the extending portion has a diameter (i.e. a third diameter) that is as great as or smaller than a diameter of at least one surface portion (i.e. the first diameter) of the through hole or as great as or smaller than a diameter of a middle portion (i.e. the second diameter) of the through hole and wherein the third diameter of said extending portion decreases continuously from the side of the base body along the at least one pin, thereby forming an arc.
  • the extending portion of the insulating material can be formed on the side(s) of the base body having the surface portion and/or on that side having no surface portion.
  • the through hole is formed as a stepped through hole having a surface portion having a first diameter greater than a second diameter of a middle portion of the through hole and wherein the extending portion of the insulating material is formed on that side of the base body on which the surface portion is formed, and wherein the third diameter of the extending portion of the insulating material is as great as or smaller than the first diameter of the at least one surface portion.
  • an embodiment with extending portion of the insulating material is very advantageous, as the creepage distance, i.e. insulation distance, is further increased. While the increasement of the creepage distance has been achieved in the state of the art by implementing components made of a material other than that of the insulating material forming the compression seal and being on top of the through hole, for example using organic components such as rubber, the creepage distance is increased according to this embodiment by the insulating material itself, for example by the insulating material being made of glass, being melted during manufacture and thus forming, preferably by surface tension and/or capillary forces, an extending portion along the at least one pin.
  • the preform of the insulating material may be shaped accordingly so that the preform comprises extending parts.
  • the surface of the extending portion preferably has a native surface, which further improves the chemical stability of the feedthrough assembly.
  • the expression “the extending portion completely surrounds the pin” refers to the extending portion forming a cone structure around the circumference of the pin, without any cuts or openings in the extending portion along the circumference of the pin and, hence, the extending portion.
  • the extending portion does not cover the whole surface of the pin as the pin has to be electrically connected.
  • said extending portion has a greater height.
  • said extending portion has a height of at least 1 .5 mm, preferably at least 2.0 mm, preferably at least 3 mm and/or at most 10 mm, preferably at most 7 mm.
  • a preform of the insulating material that comprises or consists of a glass powder, for example in the form of a pellet of glass powder that may even be presintered in order to provide a sufficient mechanical stability for handling, wherein the preform may be shaped so that it preferably closely matches the shape of the through hole of the base body, preferably comprising a through hole for inserting the pin,
  • a pin that comprises a Ni-plating is used in the step of “providing a pin” a pin that comprises a Ni-plating is used.
  • a base body that comprises a Ni-plating can be used in the step of “providing a base body” a base body that comprises a Ni-plating.
  • an electrical feedthrough assembly comprising at least one Ni-plated pin that is tightly sealed in a base body, preferably a Ni-plated base body, can be provided.
  • shaping the preform such that it extends beyond the through hole of the base body along the pin, being preferably in contact with the pin, may be very advantageous for ensuring formation of a suitable extending portion of the insulating material, such that the creepage distance may be increased.
  • the disclosure therefore also relates to a process for manufacture of an electrical feedthrough assembly of the disclosure, and further still to an electrical feedthrough assembly, preferably according to any embodiment of the disclosure, produced or producible in a process of the disclosure.
  • the feedthrough assembly comprises two extending portions of the insulating material, formed on both sides of the base body, and/or the electrical feedthrough assembly comprises at least two pins and wherein every pin of the electrical feedthrough assembly comprises an extending portion of the insulating material.
  • each extending portion is formed on the same side of the base body for each pin and/or two extending portions of the insulating material are formed on both sides of the base body for each pin. This is advantageous for the overall design.
  • not every pin of the electrical feedthrough assembly may have an extending portion of the insulating material. That is, according to an embodiment, at least one or several, but not all, pins comprise at least one extending portion of the insulating material, and this at least one extending portion of the insulating material may be formed on different sides of the base body for different pins.
  • the provided base body may comprise at least one stepped through hole.
  • the through hole is formed as a stepped through hole and the at least one surface portion has a diameter (i.e., the first diameter) that decreases along its height from the side of the base body towards the middle portion of the through hole.
  • the surface portion of the stepped through hole has, in this special embodiment, the shape of a section of a cone.
  • all surface portions at all pins and on both sides of the base body may generally, without being restricted to any of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure described in detail, be formed in such a way.
  • all through holes may be formed identically, that is, with identically formed cone-section like shaped surface portions.
  • the shapes may also differ from each other and/or may be different with regard to the sides of the base body.
  • the at least one surface portion has a diameter (i.e., the first diameter) that is constant along its height from the side of the base body towards the middle portion of the through hole.
  • the surface portion of the stepped through hole has, in this special embodiment, the shape of a section of a cylinder.
  • the material of the base body is a metal.
  • the base body comprises steel, preferably stainless steel.
  • the material of the base body comprises structural steel, preferably microalloyed steel, most preferred structural steel in form of microalloyed steel.
  • Microalloyed steel is a type of alloy steel that contains small amounts of alloying elements (0.05 to 0.15 %), including niobium, vanadium, titanium, molybdenum, zirconium, boron and rare-earth metals. They are used to refine the grain microstructure or facilitate precipitation hardening. The yield strength of microalloyed steel is between 275 and 750 MPa without heat treatment.
  • the material of the pin is metal.
  • the pin comprises or consists of stainless steel or a Ni-Fe-material or a Fe-Cr material, or the pin comprises a central core made of copper surrounded by stainless steel or surrounded by a Ni-Fe-material.
  • the insulating material has a coefficient of thermal expansion, CTE (or a), between 8 * 10 6 /K and 12 * 10 6 /K.
  • the insulating material can be an alkali silicate glass comprising CaO having a CTE in the range of 9 to 10 * 10 6 /K.
  • the expansion coefficient is specified as the coefficient of linear thermal expansion. If the specification relates to the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of a glass, this is the nominal coefficient of mean linear thermal expansion according to ISO 7991 , especially ISO 7991 :1987-12, which is determined in a static measurement (using a push rod dilatometer). The coefficient of linear thermal expansion of a glass is determined dilatometrically. Generally, the values are determined in the temperature range from 20°C to 300°C, if not stated otherwise.
  • a compression seal is understood to refer to an electrical feedthrough assembly in which the CTEs of the respective component, that is, the metal parts, such as the base body and the at least one pin of the electrical feedthrough assembly, and the insulating material, are selected so that the base body exerts a compression upon the insulating material, thereby sealing the feedthrough.
  • the thermal expansion coefficient (GTE, as explained further above) of the base body is selected so as to be larger than the thermal expansion coefficient (GTE) of the insulating material such that, after a thermal treatment in which the insulating material melts and is glazed in the through hole, during cooling thermal contraction of the base body is stronger than in the insulating material.
  • GTE thermal expansion coefficient
  • a difference between the thermal expansion coefficient (GTE, as explained further above) of the base body and the thermal expansion coefficient (GTE) of the insulating material is preferably at least 2 * 10 6 /K and more preferably the difference is at least 5 * 10 6 /K.
  • the thermal expansion coefficient (GTE) of the base body is preferably selected to be at least 5%, in particular at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, and for some variants preferably at least 50% greater than the thermal expansion coefficient of the insulating material.
  • a coefficient of thermal expansion of the pin material is preferably chosen to be about equal to or less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the insulation material. Two coefficients of thermal expansion are considered to be about equal if the difference is less than 2 * 10 6 /K.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly described herein is particularly suited for use as a connection terminal for an electric compressor.
  • the feedthrough assembly may be configured as part of a housing of the electric compressor or may be attached to a housing or a part of a housing for an electric compressor.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly is configured for attachment to a housing for an e- compressor, an electrical storage device, a pressure sensor or the like.
  • an electric compressor comprising one of the electrical feedthrough assemblies described herein and/or produced in a process described herein.
  • Fig. 1 a schematic and not drawn to scale depiction of a sectional view of a part of an electrical feedthrough assembly according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 2 a sectional view of an enlarged part of the pin and insulating material contact area according to an embodiment
  • FIGs 3 to 11 schematic and not drawn to scale depictions of electrical feedthrough assemblies according to embodiments of the disclosure.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic and not drawn to scale depiction of a sectional view of a part of an electrical feedthrough assembly 1 according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • Electrical feedthrough assembly especially for the attachment to a housing, preferably a housing for an e-compressor, an electrical storage device, a pressure sensor or the like, comprises base body 3 having first and second sides 31 , 33, base body 3 comprising at least one through hole 5 and at least one pin 7 arranged within through hole 5 that is electrically insulated from base body 3 and sealed in through hole 5 by insulating material 9 so that at least one feedthrough 2 is formed in base body 3.
  • the coefficient of thermal expansion of insulating material 9 is smaller than the coefficient of thermal expansion of base body 3 so that a compression seal feedthrough is provided.
  • Insulating material 9 comprises glass or consists of glass or is made of glass and the surface of the glass is at least partially a native surface, preferably at least partially a fire-polished surface.
  • the surface roughness of the native, preferably fire-polished, surface is at most 0.80 pm (R a ) and/or at most 1 .00 pm (R z ) and preferably at least 0.001 pm (R a ) and/or at least 0.001 pm (R z ).
  • Pin 7 comprises Ni-plating 20 in contact area ca with insulating material 9.
  • Ni-plating 20 is here a plating that covers the whole surface of pin 7.
  • base body 3 likewise comprises a Ni-plating, that is, Ni-plating 21.
  • base body 3 and/or pin 7 are Ni-plated prior to assembly of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 .
  • both pin 7 and base body 3 are Ni-plated prior to assembly of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 as they comprise a Ni-plating in the contact areas (i.e. the entire contact areas) with the insulating material 9 where the insulating material 9 covers the pin 7 and the base body 3.
  • the surface roughness (R z ) of the Ni-plated pin and/or Ni-plated base body 3, especially in the contact area is at most 8 pm.
  • Electrical feedthrough assembly 1 is especially suited for being attached to a housing, preferably a housing for an e-compressor, an electrical storage device, a pressure sensor or the like.
  • the insulating material 9 is flush on the sides 31 , 33 of the base body 3.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly may comprise extending portions of the insulating material at least on one side 31, 33 of the base body as described below (see e.g. figures 4, 5, 7, 8).
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view of an enlarged part of the pin 7 and insulating material 9 and the contact area ca according to an embodiment.
  • fig. 1 is a schematic and not drawn to scale depiction. Though not depicted here, there is a corresponding contact area between Ni-plating 21 of base body 3 and insulating material 9.
  • Fig. 3 shows a sectional view of a portion of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Electrical feedthrough assembly 1 is generally, without being restricted to any of the embodiments of the disclosure described, especially suited for being attached to a housing, preferably a housing for an e-compressor, an electrical storage device, a pressure sensor or the like. While in general, electrical feedthrough assembly 1 comprises at least one through hole 5 and at least one pin 7 arranged within through hole 5, pin 7 being electrically isolated from base body 3 and sealed in through hole 5 by insulating material 9 so that at least one feedthrough 2 is formed in base body 3, electrical feedthrough assembly 1 according to the embodiment may comprise more than one through hole 5 (or feedthrough 2, respectively).
  • the coefficient of thermal expansion of insulating material 9 is smaller than the coefficient of thermal expansion of base body 3 so that compression seal feedthrough 2 is provided.
  • pin 7 comprises Ni-plating 20 which has not been depicted for the sake of clarity of the depiction. Also generally, at least on pin 7 of feedthrough assemblies 1 in figs. 9 to 11 comprises Ni-plating 20. Also, it is generally possible that base body 3 in all depictions of figs. 3 to 11 comprises Ni-plating 21.
  • Fig. 3 - as well as figures 4 to 8 - depicts in a schematic and not drawn to scale way a sectional view of an electrical feedthrough assembly 1 according to one embodiment in which the at least one through hole 5 is configured as a stepped through hole, that is, having at least one surface portion 11 adjacent to a side, or side face, 33, of base body 3 and having a first diameter a1 (not denoted here), and middle portion 13 having a second diameter a2 (not denoted here) which is smaller than the first diameter a1 .
  • dimensions such as diameters, heights, thickness etc. are exemplarily depicted in fig. 11 . In fig.
  • the height hi (not denoted here) of the at least one surface portion 11 is exemplarily smaller than half the thickness t of base body 3.
  • a distance between at least two pins, determined as a distance between a center point of one pin 7 to a center point of the other pin 7 may be in the range of at least 1.2 times and at most 1 .6 times of the second diameter a2 (not denoted here) of the at least one through hole 5 in middle portion 13 thereof.
  • Insulating material 9 is present in both middle portion 13 and in the at least one surface portion 11 of through hole 5.
  • the distance between pins 7 is explained further below with reference to figs. 9 and 10, which are a plain view and a sectional depiction of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 comprising several pins 5, respectively. It is to be noted here that like all depictions, figs. 9 and 10 are schematic and not to scale depictions.
  • the distance between pins 5 is the distance between the center points of the respective pins, for example center points c P in fig. 9 or, in the alternative and with respect to fig. 10, the distance between center lines ci in fig. 10.
  • base body 3 is shaped platelike, that is, its width and length (extending in a direction perpendicular to pin 7, that is, in the depictions of figs. 3 to 8 in a left-right direction) are larger than its thickness t.
  • the plate-like shape of base body 3 can also be seen in both fig. 9 and fig. 10.
  • height hi of surface portion 11 is smaller than half the thickness t of the base body 3.
  • the height of the surface portion 11 can be as great as (or could be even higher) or smaller than half the thickness of the base body. Because of the compression of the middle portion of the base body on the insulating material a tight seal can be achieved even though the pin is Ni-plated.
  • insulating material 9 fills both surface portion 11 as well as the middle portion 13, without any gap being formed.
  • the surface of insulating material 9 and of base body 3 are flush on both sides (or surfaces) 31 , 33 of base body 3.
  • a “surface” relates to the prominent faces of base body 3, that is, side faces or sides 31 , 33 for short. While in all depictions of the disclosure, side 33 is the lower side of base body 3, it is to be noted here that this does not necessarily correspond to that side being a “lower” or “inner” side of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 in the later use.
  • Fig. 4 is a depiction of a further electrical feedthrough assembly 1 according to an embodiment.
  • insulating material 9 comprises extending portion 15 of the insulating material such that insulating material 9 extends beyond one of sides 31 , 33 of base body 3 along the at least one pin 7 and completely surrounds it.
  • the extending portion 15 contacts the pin 7.
  • Extending portion 15 has third diameter a3 (not denoted here) that is here smaller than first diameter a1 (not denoted here) of the at least one surface portion 11 of through hole 5.
  • the maximum of third diameter a3 is as great as second diameter a2 (not denoted here) of the middle portion 13.
  • Third diameter a3 of extending portion 15 decreases continuously from side 31 of base body 3 along the at least one pin 7, thereby forming an arc.
  • the creepage distance between pin 7 and base body 3 is prolonged because of the extending portion 15 of the insulating material, which is a general effect of an extending portion 15 in any of the feedthrough assemblies of the disclosure and not being limited to any of the special embodiments, examples and exemplary depictions of electrical feedthrough assemblies of the disclosure.
  • a stepped through hole having a surface portion and an extending portion can be combined (as shown e.g. in fig. 5, 7, 8).
  • extending portion 15 of insulating material 9 is formed on side 31 of base body 3 and surface portion 11 is formed on side 33, it is worth noting that generally, without being restricted to the embodiment of depicted in fig. 4, extending portion 15 of insulating material 9 may be formed on the same side of base body 3 that comprises surface portion 11, that is, in the exemplary depiction of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 of fig. 5, on side 33 instead of side 31.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly comprises a through hole 5 (as depicted in fig. 1) and at least one extending portion of the insulating material formed on at least one side of the base body.
  • Fig. 5 depicts a further embodiment of electrical feedthrough assembly 1.
  • feedthrough assembly 1 comprises two extending portions 9 of insulating material 9 formed on both sides 31 , 33 of base body 3.
  • Fig. 6 depicts a yet further embodiment of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 .
  • through hole 5 is formed as a stepped through hole that comprises surface portions 11 formed on both sides 31 , 33 of base body 3, each with two first diameters a1 (not denoted here) being larger than second diameter a2 (not denoted here) of middle portion 13 of through hole 5.
  • surface portions 11 are both formed identically on both sides 31 , 33 of base body 3.
  • the heights hi (not denoted here) of surface portions 11 are smaller than half the thickness t (not denoted here) of base body 3.
  • Middle portion 13 has height h2 (not denoted here).
  • the middle portion is that part of the base body that in particular provides the compression in order to hermetically seal the feedthrough which is a general effect of a middle portion 13 in any of the feedthrough assemblies of the disclosure and not being limited to any of the special embodiments, examples and exemplary depictions of electrical feedthrough assemblies of the disclosure.
  • surface portions 11 provide for an enlarged creepage distance for pin 7, and here, in the exemplary embodiment of fig. 6, on both sides 31 , 33 of electrical feedthrough assembly 1. This enlargement creepage distance, as already stated above, is a general effect of a surface portion 11 in any of the feedthrough assemblies of the disclosure and not being limited to any of the special embodiments, examples and exemplary depictions of electrical feedthrough assemblies of the disclosure.
  • an electrical feedthrough assembly 1 is depicted in fig. 7.
  • the at least one through hole 5 is formed as a stepped through hole, comprising surface portions 11 formed on both sides 31, 33 of base body 3.
  • electrical feedthrough assembly 1 comprises insulating material 9 that comprises extending portion 15 of the insulating material such that insulating material 9 extends beyond side 31 of base body 3 along pin 7 and completely surrounds pin 7.
  • extending portion is in contact with pin 7 and has a third diameter a3 (not denoted here) that is, in the example depicted in fig.
  • first diameter a1 (not denoted here) of surface portion 11 formed on side 31 of base body 3.
  • This third diameter a3 (not denoted here) decreases continuously from the surface of base body 3 along pin 7 and thereby forms an arc.
  • fig. 8 shows a yet further embodiment of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 , comprising surface portions 11 on each side 31 , 33 of base body 3, as well as two extending portions 15 of insulating material 9 of feedthrough 2.
  • the surface portions 11 may be formed identically or differently in view of diameter a1 and/or height hi .
  • Fig. 9 is a plain view of electrical feedthrough assembly 1 according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • Feedthrough assembly 1 comprises, in the embodiment depicted schematically and not drawn to scale, three feedthroughs 2 each comprising insulating material 9, preferably a glass material, that insulates pin 7 electrically from base body 3 and seals pin 7 within through hole 5.
  • electrical feedthrough assembly 1 comprises mounting bore 17. Also denoted are center points c P of pins 7 in order to further illustrate the distance d between pins 7 that are, in the electrical feedthrough assembly 1 depicted here, aligned in a straight line.
  • Distance d between the at least two pins 7, is determined as a distance d between a center point c P of one pin 7 to a center point c P of the other pin 7 and that is in the range of at least 1.2 times and at most 1 .6 times of second diameter a2 (not denoted here) of the at least one through hole 5 that is formed as stepped through hole in the middle portion thereof.
  • the distance between all pins of the electrical feedthrough assembly 1 of the disclosure is in the range of at least 1.2 and at most 1.6 times that of second diameter a2 of the at least one through hole 5.
  • all through holes 5 of the electrical feedthrough assembly 1 of the disclosure are formed as so-called stepped through holes comprising a surface portion with a first diameter a1 (not denoted here) that is greater than a second diameter a2 (not denoted here) of a middle portion of respective through hole 5. Further preferably, generally, all through holes 5 of an electrical feedthrough assembly 1 of the disclosure are formed equally.
  • Fig. 9 also shows the in general elongated shape of plate-like base body 3, which means that length I of base body 3 is larger than width w.
  • electrical feedthrough assembly 1 is depicted schematically and not drawn to scale.
  • the elongated plate-like shape of base body 3 can be seen with thickness t of base body 3 being smaller than length I of base body 3.
  • “Elongated”, in the sense of the disclosure, may be understood to refer to the length I of base body 3 being larger than width w (see also fig. 9).
  • Electrical feedthrough assembly 1 comprises three through holes 5 so that three feedthroughs 2 result by insulating, in each of through holes 5, pins 7 by insulating material 9, preferably a glass material. Also, formed on side 33 of feedthrough assembly 1 , are surface portions 11 of through holes 5.
  • insulating material 9 comprises two extending portions 15 formed on both sides 31 , 33 of base body 3.
  • extending portion 15 of the insulating material 9 may be formed only on one of the sides 31 , 33 of base body 3, and also, this extending portion may generally be formed on that side 31 , 33 of base body 3 that comprises surface portion 11 of through hole 5.
  • all combinations of extending portions 9 and surface portions 11 are possible.
  • extending portion 15 is formed on that side 31 , 33 of base body 3 that comprises surface portion 11 .
  • a long creepage distance is provided.
  • all through holes 5 and all feedthroughs 2 of an electrical feedthrough assembly 1 are formed, within limits of standard manufacture tolerances, identically.
  • the base body may comprise stainless steel having a thermal expansion coefficient CTE in the range of 10 to 14 * 10 6 /K
  • the insulating material may comprise glass having a CTE in the range of 8 to 10 * 10 6 /K (for example an alkali silicate glass comprising CaO having a CTE in the range of 9 to 10 * 10 6 /K)
  • the pin may comprise a metal having a CTE in the range of 9 to 10 * 10 6 /K.
  • thermal expansion coefficient of the base body is selected so as to be larger than the thermal expansion coefficient (CTE) of the insulating material such that, after a thermal treatment in which the insulating material melts and is glazed in the through hole, during cooling thermal contraction of the base body is stronger than in the insulating material.
  • CTE thermal expansion coefficient
  • both surface portions 11 of through hole 2 are formed identically, i.e., having the same diameter a1 and height hi , generally, without being restricted to the depiction of fig. 11, surface portions 11 may have different diameters a1 and/or heights hi .
  • Diameter a1 may also, in the scope of the disclosure, be denoted simply as “first diameter” or diameter of surface portion 11 .
  • Fig. 11 further depicts middle portion 13 of through hole 2, having diameter a2 which in the sense of the disclosure, is also denoted as “second diameter” or “second diameter of middle portion 13”.
  • first and second diameters a1, a2 may also be understood as a first diameter a1 of through hole 2 in a surface portion thereof and a second diameter a2 of through hole 2 in middle portion 13 thereof.
  • diameter a3 is the lateral dimension of extending portion 15 of insulating material 9. In the sense of the disclosure, diameter a3 is also called “third diameter”. Diameter a3 varies, as can be seen in the depiction of fig.
  • the diameter a3 is at most as large as the diameter of the through hole.
  • a1 , a2, and a3 are called “diameters” here, as preferably, through holes 2 are formed having a circular (or round) shape.
  • “diameters”, in the sense of the disclosure are understood to refer to the largest lateral dimension of through hole 2 in parallel to side 31 , 33 of base body 3.
  • sides 31 , 33 of base body 3 are in parallel to each other, as depicted in figs 1 to 8 and 10 and 11.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly of the disclosure enables a corrosion resistant and easily electrically contactable component with high surface qualities, especially of the insulating material because of Ni-plating done prior assembly.
  • a very compact overall design of such a component is possible because of the close arrangement of the pins wherein at the same time a sufficient or even improved creepage distance is provided by the insulating material by means of at least one stepped through hole and preferably by extending portions.
  • the electrical feedthrough assembly is designed and manufactured to enable the transfer of large amounts of energy from the battery to the air conditioning compressor and at the same time remain reliably gas-tight to prevent any leakage, especially of refrigerant and can therefore be used as component in an electric compressor.
  • electric compressors are effected by high pressure, high humidity and vibration.
  • the feedthrough assembly of the disclosure is able to withstand such adverse conditions. Furthermore, it has extremely high insulation resistance and high voltage capabilities for e.g. 48 V electrical systems.
  • electrical feedthrough assemblies of the disclosure can be used in other applications where there are strict requirements, for example with regard to hermetic tightness, temperature resistance, thermal shock resistance, etc.
  • they can be used in pressure sensors, in electrical storage devices, like batteries, accumulators, capacitors, etc.

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La présente divulgation concerne des ensembles traversées électriques en général, en particulier des ensembles traversées électriques qui peuvent être fixés à un boîtier, de préférence un boîtier pour un E-compresseur, un dispositif de stockage électrique, un capteur de pression ou similaire. En particulier, la présente divulgation concerne des ensembles traversées électriques qui sont appropriés pour des applications haute tension.
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