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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Inventors:
Salvador Hernandez-Oliver, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Suraj K. Alva, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); G01D 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/0033 (2013.01); G01D 5/145 (2013.01); G01D 11/30 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4978 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7075 (2015.01);
Abstract
A carrier assembly for attaching a magnet to a shaft of a valve assembly includes a carrier housing having a magnet holder portion, a shaft holder portion, and a plurality of fingers extending from the shaft holder portion. The carrier assembly includes a locking collar wherein the collar is installed over the carrier housing and moved from a open position to a closed position. The collar is further moved to a locked position to lock the carrier assembly to the shaft.