Deere + Company

North States Industries, Inc.

Gary R Bluem

Carl E Kittle

Douglas J Kluge

Kenneth D Baxter

Eugenio Espiritu Santo

John W Goodin

Dallas R Humphrey

Larry G Hickey

Jeffrey A Jackson

A portable, variable width gate for doorways comprising first and second gate sections operably secured together in face to face relation to alter their combined width for filling doorways of varying widths. Actuator means for relatively moving the gate sections including a handle engaging the actuating means in one position and disengaged therefrom in a second position.

Adjustable gate for doorways

A snap-in LVDT force sensor includes a housing having separate chambers for enclosing an LVDT and an assembly of circuit components. One end of the housing is coupled for movement with one link of a two-link frame which is subject to the forces to be measured. A plunger is coupled for movement with the other link and includes a shaft which extends into one of the chambers to support an LVDT core for reciprocal movement within the LVDT coil assembly. A bellows is sealingly and flexibly coupled between the plunger and housing to provide protection from the environment. An optional spring may provide additional stiffness between the plunger and housing.

Snap-in force sensor with bellows

A multiple mode control lever assembly includes a lever fixed for rotation with a disk rotatable on a central pivot in a housing. The disk includes detent recesses and carries a brake segment. A detent element is pivotal about a second pivot and carries a roller engageable with the detent recesses. A brake element is also pivotal about the second pivot and carries a brake shoe engageable with the brake segment. An index cam is rotatable on the central pivot to couple and uncouple the detent and friction elements from the disk. The index cam is rotated by a ratchet with a pawl reciprocated by a solenoid fixed in the housing. A centering spring continuously coupled between the housing and the disk urges the lever to a neutral position.

Multiple mode control lever assembly

A load transducer for sensing longitudinal tension includes a pair of deformable members with spaced-apart central portions, the spacing between which varies as a function of the longitudinal tension applied to the ends of the deformable members. The plates of a variable parallel plate capacitor are carried by insulating supports attached to each of the central portions. Alignment rods maintain the plates in parallel alignment. A circuit produces an output signal with a frequency proportional to the tension sensed by the draft sensor.

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Wayzata, MN, United States of America

Gary R Bluem