Temperature sender connector cover and terminal
US4959633A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 5, 1989 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01K7/16
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A temperature sender has a spring biased thermistor located in a temperature probe housing; the housing is adapted to be connected to a female connector cover defining a receptacle for a mating connector; a multiple segment flat element terminal is molded in-situ of the cover and one of the terminal segments is located in the temperature probe housing and has connector means thereon which connect to and align a biasing spring with respect to the thermistor; two of the multiple segments are located in the receptacle with one of them serving the dual function of indexing the mating connector to the female connector cover and defining a probe point for testing electrical continuity between the terminal and thermistor and the second one of the other segments serving to electrically connect the mating connector to the thermistor to complete a sender circuit.
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