US 12,322,567 B2
Vacuum tube insert assembly with feed-through pin plug and mating socket
Gregory Robert Spencer, Magna, UT (US); Jesse Hubbard, South Jordan, UT (US); J. Scott Cox, Midvale, UT (US); and Kyle Gray, Midvale, UT (US)
Assigned to VAREX IMAGING CORPORATION, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Varex Imaging Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/853,786.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,019, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0005696 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H01J 35/16 (2006.01); H01J 35/06 (2006.01); H05G 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 35/165 (2013.01) [H01J 35/06 (2013.01); H05G 1/04 (2013.01); H01J 2235/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum tube insert assembly, comprising:
a flared insert piece having an annular flange and a stem each constructed of glass, the stem extending axially from the annular flange and defining a plug concavity, wherein the annular flange surrounds a perimeter edge of the plug concavity;
multiple feed-through pins configured to connect to a component of the vacuum tube insert assembly, and passing axially through the stem and sealed thereto, wherein the feed-through pins comprise a continuous material extending a first distance from an inner surface of the stem into an internal volume of the vacuum tube insert assembly and terminate at a second distance from an outer surface of the stem inside of the plug concavity to collectively form a plug; and
a socket configured to connect to the plug within the plug concavity, the socket including a plurality of receptacles collectively configured to removably couple to the feed-through pins, wherein the socket or the plug separately or together include an engagement feature configured to permit the plug to receive the socket in a specified orientation of the socket.