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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
David Joseph Easton, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A sensor mounting assembly includes a housing having a sensor bore formed therein. An annular groove is formed in a surface of the sensor bore. A retainer is mountable in the sensor bore. The retainer has a C-shaped body and an end of the body has a lip projecting radially outwardly therefrom. A plurality of spaced apart fingers extend axially away from the C-shaped body and away from the lip. Each finger has a plurality of retainer teeth formed thereon. The lip is received by the groove as the retainer is moved axially into the sensor bore. The sensor has a cylindrical sensor body on which are formed teeth for interlocking with the finger teeth. The sensor body is inserted into the retainer when the retainer is mounted in the sensor bore, and the sensor body engages the retainer body to hold the lip within the groove, and the sensor teeth interlock with the retainer teeth to releasable hold the sensor in a mounted position within the retainer and within the sensor bore.