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.
Claims11
An inductor box for an agricultural implement, comprising:
- a housing having a first section configured to receive an agricultural product from a tank, the first section having a sealable surface, and the sealable surface having a plurality of plates attached thereto;
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- a first gasket disposed on the sealable surface and configured to engage a corresponding surface of the tank;
- wherein each plate of the plurality of plates is in direct contact with the sealable surface, each plate of the plurality of plates is configured to extend through a respective opening in the first gasket to directly contact the corresponding surface of the tank, and the plurality of plates is configured to block compression of the first gasket beyond a first compression limit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.