Inductor box for an agricultural implement having compression limiters
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsMichael J. Connors, Chad M. Johnson, Marvin A. Prickel
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Abstract
An inductor box for an agricultural implement having compression limiters. One inductor box includes a housing having a first side configured to receive an agricultural product from a tank. The first side has a sealable surface, and the sealable surface has plates attached thereto. The inductor box includes a first gasket disposed on the sealable surface and configured to establish a seal between the sealable surface and a corresponding surface of the tank. The plates are configured to extend through respective openings in the gasket, and to block compression of the first gasket beyond a desired compression limit.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing an inductor box, comprising:
- forming at least a portion of a housing of the inductor box from a single sheet of material;
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- forming a plurality of tabs on the housing, wherein the plurality of tabs is integrally formed on the single sheet of material, and the plurality of tabs extends from a first sealable surface on a first side of the housing;
- disposing a first gasket on the first sealable surface;
- disposing a first cover plate on the first gasket, such that the first gasket establishes a first seal between the first sealable surface and a corresponding surface of the first cover plate;
- wherein the plurality of tabs is configured to abut the corresponding surface of the first cover plate to block compression of the first gasket.
The method of 5, comprising attaching the second gasket to the second sealable surface such that each plate of the plurality of plates extends through the respective opening, wherein the second gasket is configured to engage the corresponding surface of the tank.
A method of manufacturing an inductor box, comprising:
- forming at least a portion of a housing of the inductor box from a single sheet of material;
- forming a plurality of tabs on the housing, wherein the plurality of tabs is integrally formed on the single sheet of material, and the plurality of tabs is configured to block compression of a first gasket coupled to a first end of the housing beyond a first compression limit and to block compression of a second gasket coupled to a second end of the housing beyond a second compression limit;
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- welding a plurality of plates to a third end of the housing, wherein the plurality of plates is configured to block compression of a third gasket coupled to the third end of the housing beyond a third compression limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.