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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1997
John M Segler, St. Pete Beach, FL (US);
Gary L Deppe, Sarasota, FL (US);
Richard E Garrison, Bellville, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A thermal probe assembly has a unitary outer shell or housing forming an open end adapted to receive an electrical connector unit and having an inboard end defining a probe portion; the outer shell or housing has deformable wall portions forming a bore; a pair of terminals with electrical conductor portions connected to a thermistor have a plastics material mounting member premolded thereon; the plastics material mounting member is slidably fit in the bore to position the thermistor within the bore and to axially locate the thermistor in spaced relationship to the inboard end of the outer shell or housing; portions of the plastics material mounting member interlock with cooperating portions of the bore to operatively lock the thermistor in place within the outer shell or housing.