Abstract: A thermal controller for automotive applications. A thermal controller in an aspect of the present disclosure includes a valve, a motor coupled to the valve, a temperature sensor, flow rate sensor, heater/cooler element, and a controller, coupled to the temperature sensor, flow rate sensor and the motor, in which the controller alters volume and temperature of fluid flow through the valve by turning the motor based on inputs from the temperature sensor.

Abstract: Systems for communication in a rotary joint. In one example, a communication system includes a stator, a rotor, a plurality of optical receivers circumferentially disposed at a first radius of one of the stator and the rotor, a plurality of optical transmitters circumferentially disposed at a second radius of the other of the stator and the rotor, each optical transmitter of the plurality configured to transmit a data signal to a corresponding optical receiver of the plurality of optical receivers, and a plurality of optical elements, individual optical elements having one of a first size and a second size, wherein individual optical elements are interposed between each optical transmitter of the plurality of optical transmitters and each optical receiver of the plurality of optical receivers and arranged so as to alternate between the first size and the second size along one of the first radius and the second radius.

Abstract: Systems for communication in a rotary joint. In one example, a communication system includes a stator, a rotor, a plurality of optical receivers circumferentially disposed at a first radius of one of the stator and the rotor, a plurality of optical transmitters circumferentially disposed at a second radius of the other of the stator and the rotor, each optical transmitter of the plurality configured to transmit a data signal to a corresponding optical receiver of the plurality of optical receivers, and a plurality of optical elements, individual optical elements having one of a first size and a second size, wherein individual optical elements are interposed between each optical transmitter of the plurality of optical transmitters and each optical receiver of the plurality of optical receivers and arranged so as to alternate between the first size and the second size along one of the first radius and the second radius.

Abstract: A novel split boot design for applications that contain CV joints and/or other bearing assemblies where protective boots or similar covers are required to protect the CV joint or bearing assembly from the outside environment while helping to retain necessary lubrication for the CV joint or bearing assembly. The new split boot design includes zippers along one or more axial seams which represents a significant departure from currently available split boot designs, and is more producible than prior protective boot designs with zipper closures. This new split boot design will simplify protective boot installation and/or replacement by reducing installation and/or repair time, and, thereby, overall cost.

Abstract: A thermal controller for automotive applications. A thermal controller in an aspect of the present disclosure includes a valve, a motor coupled to the valve, a temperature sensor, flow rate sensor, heater/cooler element, and a controller, coupled to the temperature sensor, flow rate sensor and the motor, in which the controller alters volume and temperature of fluid flow through the valve by turning the motor based on inputs from the temperature sensor.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for stripping off undesirable, high frequency, or alternatively, low frequency components of an input signal by selectively passing only those undesirable components through a filter, and then subtracting those undesirable components from the raw mixture of the desirable and undesirable components. This invention is useful in plating bath analysis.