Connector assembly with variable axial assist

    公开(公告)号:US10186807B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US15867358

    申请日:2018-01-10

    Abstract: A connector includes a first-housing, a second-housing, a shroud, and a stacked-gear. The stacked-gear is moveably mounted to the first-housing. The stacked-gear engages a first-gear-rack on the second-housing and a second-gear-rack on the shroud. The second-housing is mated with the first-housing when the shroud is moved along a mating-axis of the connector. The stacked-gear engages at least two teeth on the first-gear-rack and on the second-gear-rack when the second-housing is mated with the first-housing. A rotation of the stacked-gear is greater than ninety degrees when the shroud is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position. The stacked-gear initially engages a first-side of a first-tooth of the first-gear-rack when the first-housing receives the second-housing. A uniform mating-force is maintained as the shroud is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position. A mechanical advantage to produce the mating-force is increased as the shroud is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position.

    Electrical connector with connector lock

    公开(公告)号:US10186803B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US15946343

    申请日:2018-04-05

    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first-connector and a second-connector. The first-connector has a locking-lug. The second-connector has a cantilevered latch configured to slideably engage the locking-lug. The cantilevered latch includes a pair of parallel latch-arms. The pair of parallel latch-arms terminate at a first cross-beam that spans the pair of parallel latch-arms. The cantilevered latch further includes a second cross-beam parallel to the first cross-beam. The second cross-beam is configured to releasably lock the locking-lug when the first-connector is mated with the second-connector. The pair of parallel latch-arms includes a rib extending beyond a bottom-surface of each individual latch-arm. The locking-lug deflects the pair of parallel latch-arms toward an outer-surface of the second-connector when first-connector is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position, whereby the rib contacts the outer-surface and limits a deflection of the pair of parallel latch-arms.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING A TOUCH POSITION OF A POINTER ON A TOUCH-ENABLED UNIT OR DETERMINING A POINTING DIRECTION IN 3D SPACE

    公开(公告)号:US20190004667A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16003257

    申请日:2018-06-08

    Inventor: Alexander Barth

    Abstract: A system for predicting a touch position of a pointer on a touch-enabled unit includes a 3D imaging unit, a processing unit coupled to the 3D imaging unit, and a touch-enabled unit coupled to the processing unit. The 3D imaging unit is configured to monitor an interaction zone in front of the touch-enabled unit. The processing unit includes a prediction module that is configured to predict where a pointer that approaches the touch-enabled unit and is monitored by the 3D imaging unit will touch the touch-enabled unit, and a calibration module that is configured to generate at least one calibration parameter by comparing the predicted touch position to the actual touch position of the pointer detected by the touch-enabled unit and to transfer the at least one calibration parameter to the prediction module in order to calibrate the prediction module.

    METHOD TO DETERMINE THE ORIENTATION OF A TARGET VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20190004166A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16003710

    申请日:2018-06-08

    Abstract: A method to determine the heading or orientation of a target vehicle by a host vehicle, said host vehicle equipped with a lidar or radar system, said system including a sensor unit adapted to receive signals emitted from said host vehicle and reflected by said target vehicle, comprising: a) determining at least one reference angle being an initial estimate of target heading or orientation (β); b) emitting a signal from said system and determining a plurality of point radar or lidar detections belonging to said a target vehicle, said point detections having co-ordinates in the horizontal plane; c) formulating an initial rectangular boundary box from said point detections, where the bounding box is formulated such that such that two edges of the boundary box are drawn parallel to the reference angle and two sides are perpendicular to the reference angle and such that all the detections are either on the bounding box sides or lay within the bounding box and each edge has at least one detection point on it; d) for each point on lying on an edge of the boundary box, rotating a line coincident with the respective edge clockwise and anticlockwise until said line intersects another point detection or until a maximum angle of rotation is performed; and each time when said line intersects said another point detection, determining a correction angle Δi, where the correction angle is such that applied to the reference angle it gives an orientation candidate angle γi; e) in respect of each orientation candidate angle γi/correction angle Δi, determining a cost function; and f) selecting that orientation candidate angle having the lowest cost function.

    METHOD FOR CALIBRATING THE ORIENTATION OF A CAMERA MOUNTED TO A VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20180357791A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-13

    申请号:US15779895

    申请日:2016-11-17

    Abstract: Calibrating the orientation of a camera mounted to a vehicle includes providing calibration pattern defining at least two horizontal lines and two vertical lines; acquiring an image of the calibration pattern by means of the camera, the image having a first axis and a second axis corresponding to a horizontal axis and a vertical axis, respectively; identifying the horizontal lines and the vertical lines within the image; determining a horizontal vanishing point from the representations of the horizontal lines; determining a vertical vanishing point from the representations of the vertical lines; calculating a roll angle from the location of the horizontal vanishing point based on the image, calculating a yaw angle from a first coordinate of the horizontal vanishing point measured along the first axis, and calculating a pitch angle from a second coordinate of the vertical vanishing point measured along the second axis.

    METHOD OF DETERMINING THE YAW RATE OF A TARGET VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20180356517A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-13

    申请号:US16004487

    申请日:2018-06-11

    Abstract: A method of determining the yaw rate ({circumflex over (ω)}t) of a target vehicle in a horizontal plane by a host vehicle equipped with a radar system, said radar system including a radar sensor unit adapted to receive signals emitted from said host vehicle by said target, comprising: emitting a radar signal at a single time-point instance and determining from a plurality (m) of point radar detections measurements captured from said target vehicle by said radar sensor unit in said single radar measurement instance, the values for each point detection of range, azimuth and range rate; [ri, θi, {dot over (r)}i]; determining the values of the longitudinal and lateral components of the range rate equation of the target (ct, st) from the results ({dot over (r)}i, θi,) and the sensor unit or host vehicle longitudinal velocity and vs is the sensor unit or host vehicle lateral velocity; determining the orientation angle of the target (γt,scs); determining the target center (xt and yt) from the results (ri, θi); determining a line lPH perpendicular to the orientation of the target and passing through the center of the target (xt,c,scs, yt,c,scs); determining a line lCA passing through the center of rotation of said target and the position of radar sensor unit of said vehicle; determining the intersection point of the lines lCA and lPH being the position of the center of rotation [{circumflex over (x)}t,COR, ŷt,COR] of the target; h) estimating and yaw rate {circumflex over (ω)}t from the position of the center of rotation found in step f) and components of range rate equation of the target (ct or st) of step b).

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