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US 2011/0084794 A1Published application
Immersion well assembly
AssigneeEmerson Electric Co.
InventorsThomas R. Zuchek, PATRICK S. BAUMAN
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Abstract
An immersion well assembly may include a thermistor housing defining a first axial passage and a thermistor wire collar axially secured to the thermistor housing and defining a second axial passage. The second axial passage may receive a thermistor wire and may axially fix the thermistor wire relative to the thermistor housing.
Claims20
An immersion well assembly comprising:
- a thermistor housing defining a first axial passage;
- and
- a thermistor wire collar axially secured to said thermistor housing and defining a second axial passage that receives a thermistor wire and axially fixes the thermistor wire relative to said thermistor housing.
An immersion well assembly comprising:
- a thermistor housing defining a first axial passage that receives a thermistor;
- a thermistor wire collar axially secured to said thermistor housing;
- and
- a spring extending between said thermistor wire collar and a first axial end of the thermistor and biasing the thermistor axially outward from said thermistor wire collar, said spring being axially displaceable past a second axial end of the thermistor opposite the first axial end during assembly.
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A method comprising:
- locating a thermistor wire collar on a thermistor wire at a location proximate a first axial end of the thermistor wire engaged with a first axial end of a thermistor;
- inserting a second axial end of the thermistor into a spring;
- displacing the spring axially along the thermistor past the first axial end of the thermistor;
- and
- securing the thermistor within a thermistor housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.