# US 12,010,787 B2 · Device having an electroceramic component > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,787 B2 - Document ID: US12010787B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/635,124 - Filed: 2020-08-11 - Published: 2022-09-22 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-27 - Assignees: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: TDK Electronics AG - Inventors: Robert Krumphals; Stefan Breuer; Daniel Neuwirth; Thomas Koidl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010787B2 ## CPC - H05H 1/2481: {the plasma being activated using piezoelectric actuators} - H10N 30/40: with electrical input and electrical output, e.g. functioning as transformers - H10N 30/875: {Further connection or lead arrangements, e.g. flexible wiring boards, terminal pins} - H10N 30/88: Mounts; Supports; Enclosures; Casings - H05H 2240/10: at atmospheric pressure - H05H 2240/20: Non-thermal plasma - H05H: PLASMA TECHNIQUE (apparatus or processes specially adapted for producing X-rays H05G2/00); PRODUCTION OF ACCELERATED ELECTRICALLY-CHARGED PARTICLES OR OF NEUTRONS; PRODUCTION OR ACCELERATION OF NEUTRAL MOLECULAR OR ATOMIC BEAMS - H10N: ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A device including an electroceramic component having a first area and a second area, a potting compound at least partially surrounding the electroceramic component, and a sleeve-shaped housing which at least partially surrounds the potting compound. The housing has, in a first housing section that surrounds the potting compound in the first area of the electroceramic component, a material wherein the thermal conductivity of said material is greater than the thermal conductivity of a material of the housing in a second housing section. The housing in the second housing section surrounding the potting compound in the second area of the electroceramic component includes a non-conductive material. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device, comprising an electroceramic component having a first area and a second area, a potting compound which at least partially surrounds the electroceramic component, and a sleeve-shaped housing which at least partially surrounds the potting compound, wherein the housing comprises, in a first housing section which surrounds the potting compound in the first area of the electroceramic component, a material the thermal conductivity of which is greater than the thermal conductivity of a material of the housing in a second housing section, and wherein the housing comprises a non-conductive material in the second housing section which surrounds the potting compound in the second area of the electroceramic component. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the first area of the electroceramic component is a low voltage area, and wherein the second area of the electroceramic component is a high voltage area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the non-conductive material is a plastic, Teflon, glass or ceramic. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the sleeve-shaped housing facing away from the electroceramic component has a flat surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the material of the housing in the first housing section is a metal, a metal alloy, a thermally good conducting plastic or a ceramic. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the electroceramic component protrudes from the potting compound. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the potting compound covers an end face of the electroceramic component in the second area facing away from the first area, wherein the potting compound is thinner on the end face than on lateral surfaces of the electroceramic component. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, the device further comprising a vacuum chamber sealing a treatment space in which the device is arranged from an environment of the device, wherein a pressure reduced from atmospheric pressure or a vacuum is present in the treatment space. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, the device further comprising a contact wire via which the electroceramic component is electrically contacted, wherein the contact wire has at least one bend. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, the device further comprising a cover adjoining an end of the first housing section facing away from the second housing section. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device according to claim 10, wherein the potting compound covers an end face of the electroceramic component in the first area facing away from the second area, and mechanically decouples the electroceramic component from the cover. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the contact wire extends through the cover and the at least one bend of the contact wire is arranged inside the cover. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The device according to claim 11, wherein the cover comprises a material which is harder than the potting compound. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, the device further comprising a capsule surrounding the second area of the electroceramic component. ### Claim 15 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, wherein the capsule is filled with a process gas, and/or wherein inside the capsule a pressure is reduced with respect to atmospheric pressure, or wherein inside the capsule a vacuum is present. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, the device further comprising terminals for electrical further contacting of the device, wherein the terminals are adapted to be detachably fixed by means of a bayonet connection, a clamp connection or a plug connection. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The device according to claim 16, the device further comprising a spring element arranged to exert a force which contributes to a separation of the further contacting. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the electroceramic component is a piezoelectric transformer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) Plasma generator comprising a device according to claim 1, wherein the electroceramic component is configured to generate a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma.