US Patent Issued to Greatbatch on March 25 for "Co-axial glass-to-metal seal for a case-neutral electrochemical cell" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,309, issued on March 25, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).

"Co-axial glass-to-metal seal for a case-neutral electrochemical cell" was invented by Gary Freitag (East Aurora, N.Y.), Paul T. Hallifax (Gasport, N.Y.) and Michael F. Scalise (Clarence, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case-neutral electrochemical cell has an electrode assembly comprising a separator positioned between an anode and a cathode housed inside a casing. The casing supports a co-axial glass-to-metal seal comprising an inner insulating glass hermetically sealed to a terminal pin and to the inner annular surface of an inner ferrule. An outer i...