Contact terminal assembled from at least two parts

    公开(公告)号:US10230190B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15954859

    申请日:2018-04-17

    Abstract: A contact terminal is assembled from parts including a base part and a sleeve. The base part has a plurality of contact tongues aligned along a mating axis and configured to contact a male connector pin by contact surfaces on the plurality of contact tongues. The sleeve is configured to be arranged at least partially over the base part, the sleeve having a spring element. The spring element is configured to contact the plurality of contact tongues on a side opposite to the contact surfaces side. The spring element comprises a first arm, a second arm, and a flexible support structure therebetween. The first arm and the second arm protrude from the sleeve along the mating axis inside the sleeve. The flexible support structure undulates from the first arm to the second arm.

    Warning system
    32.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10227039B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15906024

    申请日:2018-02-27

    Abstract: A warning system includes an angle-detector, a curvature-detection-means, an alert-device, and a controller-circuit. The angle-detector indicates a steering-angle of a hand-wheel of a host-vehicle. The curvature-detection-means detects a curvature of a portion of a roadway traveled by the host-vehicle characterized as ahead of the host-vehicle. The alert-device is operable to alert an operator of the host-vehicle of driver-fatigue. The controller-circuit is in communication with the angle-detector, the curvature-detection-means, and the alert-device. The controller-circuit is configured to determine an average-steering-angle, determine an expected-steering-angle based on the curvature detected by the curvature-detection-means, determine a steering-angle-deviation based on the average-steering-angle and the expected-steering-angle, determine whether the steering-angle-deviation is greater than a predetermined deviation-threshold, determine a frequency of the steering-angle-deviation, and activate the alert-device when the frequency of the steering-angle-deviation exceeds a change-threshold.

    CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH STRAIN RELIEF
    33.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190044277A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US15867277

    申请日:2018-01-10

    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable, a connector-body, a cable-seal, and a retainer. The connector-body is attached to the cable. The cable-seal is disposed within the connector-body and surrounds the cable. The cable-seal is configured to inhibit entry of a contaminant into the connector-body. The retainer is in direct contact with the cable, the connector-body and the cable-seal. The retainer is configured to retain the cable-seal within the connector-body. The retainer is configured to be installed onto the cable and is attached to the connector-body. The retainer contains cable-clamps mounted to a pair of opposed inclined-surfaces located on an inner-surface of the retainer. The cable-clamps include inclined-ramps configured to engage the inclined-surfaces. The inclined-ramps move along the inclined-surfaces, thereby causing the cable-clamps to impart a radial-force normal to the cable when the retainer is attached to the connector-body.

    METHOD OF DETERMINING THE ROLL ANGLE OF A VEHICLE MOUNTED CAMERA

    公开(公告)号:US20190035107A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US16031151

    申请日:2018-07-10

    Inventor: Diane Neisius

    Abstract: A method of determining the roll angle of a camera mounted on a host vehicle includes: a) defining Cartesian axes in the real world and corresponding axes in the camera imager; b) from an image taken from the camera, determining the co-ordinates of the two points (P1, P2) of the real world, in the imager of the camera ((x I,1, y I,1), (x I,2, y I,2)); c) determining the difference (D) in the coordinates of the points in a horizontal World plane in one axis (Xw,1−Xw,2), using corresponding co-ordinate system as in step b); and d) determining the roll angle ρ of a camera located on a host vehicle from the following formula ρ=[D/h−(c2/a2−c1/a1)]/[(a2d2−b2c2)/a22−(a1d1−b1c1)/a12], where a1 and a2 are found from the following, where i=1,2 represents the two points (P1, P2): ai=sin θ*f+cos θ*yI,i; bi=−cos θ*xI,i ci=−cos η cos θ*f+sin η*xI,i+cos η sin θ*yI,I di=−cos η sin θ*xI,i+sin η*yI,i where for θ is the known value of fixed tilt angle, η is the known value of fixed pan angle and h is the known fixed camera height h; and xI,i, yI,i are the respective co-ordinates of two of the points in the imager.

    Connector with resistor-assembly
    40.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10594089B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-17

    申请号:US16021473

    申请日:2018-06-28

    Abstract: A connector-assembly includes a housing, a terminal-position-assurance device, and a resistor-assembly. The housing includes a plurality of electrical-terminals. The terminal-position-assurance device is configured to retain the plurality of electrical-terminals within the housing. The resistor-assembly is disposed within the terminal-position-assurance device and includes a first-spring-terminal, a second-spring-terminal, and a resistor disposed between the first-spring-terminal and the second-spring-terminal. The first-spring-terminal and the second-spring-terminal are in separate electrical-communication with at least one of the plurality of electrical-terminals. The resistor has connection-leads disposed within slots formed in both the first-spring-terminal and the second-spring-terminal, and is disposed within channels formed in the terminal-position-assurance device. The first-spring-terminal, the second-spring-terminal, and the terminal-position-assurance device are in compressive contact with a portion of the connection-leads.

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