Abstract: A vehicle chassis sensor assembly for measuring the ride height of a vehicle which comprises a rotary arm member including an overmolded magnet encapsulated in the rotary arm member. In one embodiment, the overmolded magnet includes a layer of overmold material defining an open overmold window in the side and/or top exterior surfaces of the layer of overmold material. Another embodiment includes a pair of spaced magnets that are completely encapsulated in a two step molding process before being molded into a rotary arm member.

Abstract: A vehicle seat track position sensor assembly is adapted for mounting to a moveable vehicle seat track. The vehicle seat track position sensor assembly comprises a bracket including a plurality of walls defining a central bracket cavity and a plurality of teeth. A sensor body is seated in the central bracket cavity of the bracket and includes another plurality of teeth adapted for engagement with the plurality of teeth on the bracket for securing the sensor body to the bracket. The vehicle seat track position sensor assembly is adapted for mounting into the interior cavity of a moveable vehicle seat track. The plurality of teeth on the sensor body are adapted for advancement relative to and against the teeth of the bracket for locking the vehicle seat track position sensor assembly in the interior cavity of the vehicle seat track at a selected position.

Abstract: A vehicular pedal assembly includes a pedal housing with a mounting surface on a forward side for securement within a vehicle. A rotatable pedal has a proximal portion positioned in the pedal housing and a distal portion including a foot pad spaced from the pedal housing. The pedal is biased to a first limit position with respect to the pedal housing, and the distal portion is configured to be actuated from the first limit position in a forward direction. A friction system is provided for generating a resistance force against movement of the pedal toward and away from the first limit position. The friction system includes a friction lever having a friction pad, the friction lever being carried by the pedal and pivotable on the pedal to establish friction contact with a friction contact surface of the pedal housing.

Abstract: A pedal emulator including a housing having a first housing portion that defines a first chamber and a second housing portion that defines a second chamber, the second housing portion moveable relative to the first housing portion. The pedal emulator also includes a first spring that is compressed while the second housing portion travels a first distance relative to the first housing portion, a second spring that is compressed in parallel with the first spring after the second housing travels the first distance and while the second housing portion travels a second distance relative to the first housing portion, and a third spring that is compressed in parallel with the first spring and the second spring after the second housing portion travels the second distance and while the second housing portion travels a third distance relative to the first housing portion.

Abstract: A vehicle seat connector assembly comprising a first connector coupled to the seat of the vehicle and including a first inductive coil. A second connector is coupled to the vehicle and includes a second inductive coil. The first and second connectors are positioned relative to each other into a first relationship with the first and second connectors coupled to each other and the first and second inductive coils positioned opposite each other to define a closed inductive coil circuit and a second relationship with the first and second connectors and the first and second inductive coils separated from each other to define an open inductive coil circuit. A third inductive coil is located on the vehicle seat belt buckle and a coil cable extends between the first inductive coil of the first connector and the third inductive coil.

Abstract: A RF dielectric filter comprising a block of dielectric material including top and bottom exterior longitudinal surfaces and side exterior surfaces covered with a layer of conductive material. RF signal input/output pads are located at opposed ends of the block. Each of the RF signal input/output pads comprises a strip of conductive material bridging between the bottom exterior surface and the side exterior surface. A strip or region of dielectric material surrounds all the sides of the elongate strip of conductive material except for one end of the strip of conductive material on the side exterior surface which is in a direct unitary coupling relationship with the remainder of the conductive material on the side exterior surface. In one embodiment, the strip or region of dielectric material is generally U-shaped and can vary in width.

Abstract: A brake pedal assembly comprising a pedal and a pedal resistance force member operably coupled to the pedal. A damper pedal resistance force module defines an interior fluid-filled cavity. A shaft extends through the damper module and includes a piston mounted thereon and moveable through the fluid-filled cavity to generate a damper resistance force. A spring pedal resistance force module is adapted to generate a spring pedal resistance force. A pedal force sensing module is mounted to the pedal resistance force member. A pedal position sensor is mounted to the pedal resistance force member. A pedal force sensor is mounted to the pedal resistance force member.

Abstract: A vehicle pedal assembly comprising a pedal housing, a rotatable pedal, and an inductive position sensor. The inductive position sensor includes an inductive sensor target rotatable in response to the rotation of the pedal and a substrate positioned opposite the inductive sensor target. First and second redundant inductive transmit and receiver coil circuits are defined and located on different sections of the substrate in a relationship with the respective receiver coil circuits of the first and second transmit and receiver coil circuits at least partially surrounded by the respective transmit coil circuits of the first and second transmit and receiver coil circuits for reducing the coupling factor between the first and second transmit and receiver coil circuits.

Abstract: A brake pedal assembly comprising a pedal and a pedal resistance force member operably coupled to the pedal. A damper pedal resistance force module defines an interior fluid-filled cavity. A shaft extends through the damper module and includes a piston mounted thereon and moveable through the fluid-filled cavity to generate a damper resistance force. A spring pedal resistance force module is adapted to generate a spring pedal resistance force. A pedal force sensing module is mounted to the pedal resistance force member. A pedal position sensor is mounted to the pedal resistance force member. A pedal force sensor is mounted to the pedal resistance force member.

Abstract: A measurement system and method of conducting cavity resonance and waveguide measurements is disclosed. The cavity or waveguide may be used to monitor the amount, composition, or distribution of a material or sample contained in the cavity or waveguide or passing through the cavity or waveguide. Improved means for operating the measurement system to reduce measurement variability, improve measurement accuracy, and decrease measurement response times are described. The invention's broad applications range from measurements of filters, catalysts, pipe, and ducts where the material collected in or passing through the cavity or waveguide exhibits dielectric properties different from the material which it displaces.

Abstract: A dielectric waveguide filter comprising a block of dielectric material including exterior surfaces covered with a layer of conductive material. A plurality of resonators are formed on the block. RF signal input/outputs are formed on the block. An RF signal is transmitted through the block in a serpentine pattern. In one embodiment, a RF signal transmission channel is formed in the block and extends between and surrounding selected ones of the plurality of resonators in a serpentine pattern. In one embodiment, selected ones of the plurality of resonators are comprised of respective islands of dielectric material formed on one of the top and bottom surfaces of the block of dielectric material surrounded by the channel and respective counter-bores formed and extending into the respective islands of dielectric material. In another embodiment, the respective islands of dielectric material and counter-bores defining the respective resonators are formed in opposed top and bottom surfaces of the block.

Abstract: A dielectric waveguide filter with a first solid block of dielectric material covered with a layer of conductive material and defining a plurality of resonators. A first RF signal input/output through-hole is defined in a first end resonator of the plurality of resonators of the first block of dielectric material. A second solid block of dielectric material is coupled to the first solid block of dielectric material. The second block of dielectric material is covered with a layer of conductive material and defines a plurality of resonators including first and second adjacent end resonators separated by an RF signal isolator for preventing the transmission of an RF signal between the first and second end resonators.

Abstract: A multi-band RF monoblock filter including at least three RF signal filters defined in the monoblock of dielectric material by resonators defined in part by through-holes extending through the block. In one embodiment, two of the RF signal filters are in a co-linear and side-by-side relationship and the third filter is in a parallel and side-by side relationship with one of the two other RF signal filters. A pattern of conductive material defines two end and one interior RF signal input/output on the block top surface. The end RF signal input/outputs are located at opposite ends of the block and the central RF signal input/output is located between the two co-linear and side-by-side RF filters. An RF signal is transmitted through the one end RF signal input/output, the two parallel and side-by-side RF signal filters, and the central RF signal input/output and also through the other end RF signal input/output, one of the co-linear and side-by-side RF filters, and the central RF signal input/output.

Abstract: A vehicle pedal resistance and dampener assembly includes a dampener module defining an interior fluid-filled cavity and adapted for generating a dampening force on the vehicle pedal. A pedal resistance module generates a resistance force on the vehicle pedal. The dampener module and the resistance module are moveable relative to each other. A shaft in the dampener module extends into and is moveable in a fluid-filled sleeve in the resistance module. A pedal position sensor senses and measures the position of the vehicle pedal. A pedal force sensor senses and measures the force on the vehicle pedal. A first resistance spring is located in the sleeve of the pedal resistance module, a second resistance spring surrounds the sleeve of the pedal resistance module, a third resistance spring surrounds the shaft of the dampener module, and a fourth resistance spring surrounds the third resistance spring.

Abstract: A RF dielectric filter comprising a block of dielectric material including top and bottom exterior longitudinal surfaces and side exterior surfaces covered with a layer of conductive material. RF signal input/output pads are located at opposed ends of the block. Each of the RF signal input/output pads comprises a strip of conductive material bridging between the bottom exterior surface and the side exterior surface. A strip or region of dielectric material surrounds all the sides of the elongate strip of conductive material except for one end of the strip of conductive material on the side exterior surface which is in a direct unitary coupling relationship with the remainder of the conductive material on the side exterior surface. In one embodiment, the strip or region of dielectric material is generally U-shaped and can vary in width.

Abstract: A lead-free KNN-based piezoelectric material represented by the composition formula (KaNabLic)(NbdTaeSbf)Og, where 0.4?a?0.5, 0.5?b?0.6, 0.01?c?0.1, 0.5?d?1.0, 0.05?e?0.15, 0.01?f?0.09, 1?g?3. In one embodiment, the lead-free KNN-based piezoelectric material has a d33>300 pm/V and a Tcurie>250° C. In one embodiment, the d33 and Tcurie of the lead-free textured KNN-based piezoelectric material can be adjusted by creating phase boundaries of (i) orthorhombic to tetragonal (O-T), (ii) rhombohedral to orthorhombic (R-O), and (iii) orthorhombic to tetragonal (O-T). In one embodiment, the lead-free KNN-based piezoelectric material is textured with NaNbO3 or Ba2NaNb5O15 seeds which are platelet or acicular shaped. In one embodiment, the amount, orientation, or particle size distribution of the NaNbO3 or Ba2NaNb5O15 texturing seeds in the lead-free textured KNN-based piezoelectric material can be altered.

Abstract: A measurement system and method of conducting cavity resonance and waveguide measurements is disclosed. The cavity or waveguide may be used to monitor the amount, composition, or distribution of a material or sample contained in the cavity or waveguide or passing through the cavity or waveguide. Improved means for operating the measurement system to reduce measurement variability, improve measurement accuracy, and decrease measurement response times are described. The invention's broad applications range from measurements of filters, catalysts, pipe, and ducts where the material collected in or passing through the cavity or waveguide exhibits dielectric properties different from the material which it displaces.

Abstract: A rotary position sensor comprising a rotatable patterned ring magnet, which in one embodiment is mounted on the output shaft of an actuator, and includes a plurality of pairs of North and South Pole sections extending around the circumference of the ring magnet in an alternating relationship and defining a plurality of circumferentially extending magnetic field switch points spaced predetermined distances on the ring magnet corresponding to a plurality of predetermined unique positions of the ring magnet adapted for sensing by a switch such as Hall Effect switch. In one embodiment, the ring magnet includes a plurality of pairs of North and South Pole sections and switch points on the ring magnet of different predetermined lengths and predetermined locations respectively corresponding to a plurality of predetermined ring magnet positions to be sensed.

Abstract: A radio frequency sensor system comprising a housing defining a resonant cavity. Radio frequency probe(s) in the cavity transmit and/or receive radio frequency signals. A radio frequency control unit is in communication with the radio frequency probe(s) for determining one or more states of the radio frequency sensor system based on changes in the characteristics of the radio frequency signals. A machine learning system is in communication with the radio frequency control unit for identifying and developing transfer functions and calibrations based on the changes in the characteristics of the radio frequency signals and determining the one or more states of the radio frequency sensor system.

Abstract: A packing for heat and/or mass transfer between liquid and gaseous media in counter-flow, in particular for water cooling by air in cooling towers, includes a plurality of film elements contoured by corrugations. The corrugations provide flow passages and the film elements are successively arranged behind each other in the thickness direction forming points of contact. Adjacent film elements are connected to one another at their points of contact and mutually facing large surfaces of adjacent film elements have a fine contouring. The fine contouring includes a ribbing with rib webs and rib grooves running transversely to the flow passages. A rib groove is disposed between two adjacent rib webs. The transitions between successive rib webs and rib grooves are designed such that they are substantially free of radii.