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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Roland Sauter, late of Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Abstract
A measuring system is provided including a substantially cylindrical housing and a plurality of spaced apart elastic locking tongues carried on an outer circumference of the housing. The locking tongues selectively engage and lock into a corresponding plurality of cavities defined in an associated support plate when the measuring system is brought into aligned contact with the support plate. A plurality of spaced apart contact pins are provided on the measuring system and extend from a bottom surface of the housing. The contact pins engage into a corresponding set of contact cavities provided on the associated support plate. In addition, a set of centering members are provided on the measuring system extending from the housing for selective insertion into a corresponding set of centering cavities arranged on the support plate. The centering members extend from the housing a distance greater than the elastic locking tongues so that the centering members engage the support plate before the locking tongues contact the plate to properly align the tongues relative to the plate thereby preventing damage during connection between the measuring system and the support plate. In addition, the locking tongues extend from the housing member a distance greater than the plurality of contact pins to ensure that the locking tongues engage the support plate before the contact pins during assembly of the measuring system onto the support plate.