Chip-detector assembly having improved probe-retention features

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6445177
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09442011

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A chip-detector assembly has a housing and a probe. The probe is adapted to be coupled to the housing. The chip-detector assembly also includes a locking mechanism comprising a locking ring and a sleeve member. The locking ring is fixedly coupled the housing, and includes a plurality of elongated tangs arranged circumferentially around the ring. The sleeve member is fixedly coupled to the probe, and includes a plurality of contact surfaces that form an outer circumference of the sleeve member. The tangs engage the sleeve-member contact surfaces when the probe is coupled to the housing. The engagement of the tangs and the contact surfaces inhibits the probe from disengaging from the housing once the probe and the housing are coupled.

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VIBRO-METER S AROUTE DE MONCOR 4 CH-1701 FRIBOURG

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Higgins, Paul D Glen Mills, PA 5 177

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