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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Regan Foster, Morristown, NJ (US);
Thomas M. Johnson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Don C. Kennedy, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Lynn Fliger, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Bruce L. Hill, Roseville, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A mounting bracket for mounting a temperature sensor, a gas valve, a power delivery unit, a controller and/or any other suitable object or device to a water heater tank. An illustrative but non-limiting example may be found in a mounting bracket that includes a polymeric body that has a sensor portion configured to receive a temperature sensor. The sensor portion may have a distal end that extends into and supports the temperature sensor within the water heater tank, and may include a shell disposed over at least a portion of the sensor portion.