Deere + Company

James Edward Sabelka

Charles William Formwalt, Jr

James Thomas Noonan

Bruce Craig Newendorp

Paul David Parker

Thomas Eugene Boe

Shane Julius Brueggen

Richard James Livdahl

Vijay Manilal Dharia

David Alan Larson

James Dewayne Davis

Nancy Esther Post

Alan Alfred Larson

David Allen Larson

Charles William Formwalt

A connector assembly includes a housing and a first connector mounted on the housing and adapted for mating with a second connector. Both connectors have electrical conductors for communicating electrically with each other. The assembly also includes a yoke pivotally coupled to the housing. The yoke is pivotal to an open position and to a closed position. The yoke is engagable with the second connector to move the second connector into full mating engagement with the first connector as the yoke is pivoted to its closed position. A latching device is coupled to the yoke, and the latching device is releasably engageable with the housing to releasably hold the yoke in its closed position. The latching device is operable to unlatch and permit the yoke to be pivoted to its open position and allow the second connector to be disconnected from the first connector if sufficient tension is applied to the second connector in a direction to pull the second connector away from the first connector. The yoke comprises a base member and a pair of spaced-apart limbs projecting from the base member. The limbs are engagable with a shoulder formed on the second connector. The yoke also has a handle which extends from an end of one of the limbs.

Connector assembly

An electronic controller unit is formed of first and second base plates parallel to one another and spaced apart having a flexible substrate circuit board thereon with an intermediate portion of the circuit board extending between the two base plates. A connector is joined to the intermediate portion of the circuit board between the two base plates and is sealed to an edge of each base plate to form one side of the unit housing. A three-sided frame is joined to the other three sides of the two base plates to completely enclose the circuit board. The two major sides of the unit are formed by separate base plate pieces that are severed from an integral frame after the flexible circuit is bonded thereto. This allows the unit to be manufactured without bending of a rigid plate having the flexible circuit mounted thereto.

Electronic controller unit and method of manufacturing same

Implement depth control and display

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Denver, IA, United States of America

James Edward Sabelka