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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
May. 15, 2006
Gregory Keith Harmelink, Moorhead, MN (US);
Michael Ray Schlichtmann, Fargo, ND (US);
Kevin Park Cowles, Fargo, ND (US);
Jon Thomas Jacobson, Fargo, ND (US);
Gregory Keith Harmelink, Moorhead, MN (US);
Michael Ray Schlichtmann, Fargo, ND (US);
Kevin Park Cowles, Fargo, ND (US);
Jon Thomas Jacobson, Fargo, ND (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly comprising includes a housing with a wall and a plurality of connector units. The wall includes a plurality of openings having the same size and shape. Each of the connector units has a base plate, electrical connectors mounted in and projecting from the base plate, a hollow shroud surrounding the electrical connectors and extending away from the base plate, and a skirt surrounding the shroud. The skirt projects radially outwardly from the base plate. All of the skirts have the same outer peripheral size and shape. The shrouds may have a variety of different outer peripheral shapes and sizes corresponding to unique connector functions. Each of the skirts sealingly engage with a portion of the wall surrounding a corresponding opening. Each opening is surrounded by a groove, and each skirt overlaps and covers a corresponding one of the grooves.