Abstract: An autonomous product picking system includes product pick up stations at different locations within a facility having call stations with activation buttons at a user interface activated by an operator to transmit call requests when the products are needed to be picked up and to transmit completion signals when the products have been picked up. An automatic guided vehicle is movable within the facility between the product pick up stations and a product drop off station. A system control module guides the AGV within the facility and includes a system communication module communicatively coupled to the AGV and the call stations. The system communication module receives the call requests and the completion signals from the call stations when the activation buttons are activated.

Abstract: An angled subassembly of an angled connector includes an angled shield and a cable disposed in the angled shield. The angled shield has a first shield section and a second shield section extending at a bend angle with respect to the first shield section. The cable has a first portion positioned in the first shield section and a second portion positioned in the second shield section. The second portion extends at the bend angle with respect to the first portion.

Abstract: An optical sensor system comprising: (a) a light source for at least one optical sensor, the light source comprising at least, (i) an interposer having first and second opposing sides and defining at least one alignment aperture extending from the first opposing side to the second opposing side; (ii) at least one fiber disposed in the at least one alignment aperture, the at least one fiber having a first optical axis; (iii) at least one light emitting component mounted to the second opposing side and having a second optical axis coincident with the first optical axis, the light emitting component configured to emit light, at least a portion of which is coupled with the at least one fiber as coupled light; and (b) the at least one optical sensor optically coupled to the at least one fiber.

Abstract: A seal/damping component for use in an electrical connector, the seal/damping component providing sealing and vibration damping when the seal/damping component is positioned in the electrical connector. The seal/damping component may be made from one material or two or more materials.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a printed circuit board having a first electrical pin and a second electrical pin positioned on the printed circuit board, a socket connector including an insulation housing having a first socket and a second socket, and a locker movable between a first position and a second position. The first electrical pin is removably inserted into the first socket and the second electrical pin is removably inserted into the second socket. The insulation housing has a locking cavity communicated with the first socket. The locker engages with the first electrical pin to lock the first electrical pin in the first socket in the first position, and the locker disengages from the first electrical pin to release the locking of the first electrical pin in the second position.

Abstract: A back plate configured to support a circuit board includes a body. The body defines a central recess formed into a top surface thereof, and a raised main support column extending from the central recess and adapted to support the circuit board.

Abstract: A connector assembly device includes a terminal clamping device clamping and fixing a terminal of a connector and an insertion module. The insertion module includes a housing clamping device clamping and fixing a housing of the connector, a terminal guide device having a conical guide hole guiding the terminal into the housing, and a linear moving device driving the housing clamping device and the terminal guide device to move towards the terminal. The terminal is inserted into the housing through the conical guide hole.

Abstract: An electrical contact includes a cantilever beam extending from a beam connected end connected to a body of the electrical contact to a beam free end along an insertion direction, and a protection tab extending from a tab connected end connected to the body of the electrical contact to a tab free end in a direction opposite to the insertion direction. The tab free end is positioned between the beam free end and the beam connected end along the direction opposite to the insertion direction.

Abstract: A method of aligning a part in digital light processing printer and a part made therefrom. The method includes: establishing an absolute location of a pixel in an x/y plane; deriving a pixel boundary from the absolute location; aligning a three dimensional model with the pixel boundary across a build area of the printer; and printing the part using digital light processing. The part has a surface with a uniform surface morphology.

Abstract: A contact insulator for use with high speed cable with differential pairs of contacts. A contact receiving portion has contact receiving slots which open from a first side of the contact insulator. A conductor receiving portion has conductor receiving slots which open from a second side of the contact insulator. A transition portion is positioned between the contact receiving portion and the conductor receiving portion. The transition portion has a contact receiving opening which extends through the contact insulator. The contact receiving opening is dimensioned to allow the contacts to be inserted therethrough. The contact insulator is rotated about the contacts and signal conductors of the high speed cable to position the contacts in the contact receiving slots through the first side of the contact insulator and position the signal conductor in the conductor receiving slots through the second side of the contact insulator.

Abstract: A hot pressing machine for continuously hot pressing a flexible flat cable includes a plurality of hot pressing units arranged at intervals along a feeding direction of the flexible flat cable. A central controller of the machine is operably connected to the plurality of hot pressing units and is configured to control the plurality of hot pressing units to synchronously hot press the flexible flat cable located in the plurality of hot pressing units.

Abstract: A soldering iron head includes a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and a positioning slot formed on the bottom surface and extending between the first side surface and the second side surface. The positioning slot is adapted to accommodate and position an exposed end conductor of a cable. The cross section of the positioning slot is trapezoidal in shape, absent a lower bottom. An upper bottom facing side of the trapezoidal cross section of the positioning slot gradually increases in width from the first side surface to the second side surface.

Abstract: A sensor includes a housing having a body and a plurality of ports, a plurality of diaphragms each disposed in one of the ports, and a package having a substrate and a sensor die attached to the substrate. The body has a first face and an opposite second face. The ports extend from the first face of the body. The substrate is attached to the second face of the body and the sensor die is disposed in a sealed containing space defined in part by the substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a grommet for an electrical connector, an electrical connector assembly, and a method for manufacturing such a connector assembly. The grommet comprises an elastically expandable tube section and a cap-shaped housing section. The tube section comprises a cable receptacle for passing through an electrical cable connected to the electrical connector. The housing section comprises a connector receptacle connected to the cable receptacle for receiving the electrical connector. The grommet forms a seal which surrounds an opening of the housing section facing away from the tube section. The invention is based on the object of configuring the grommet such that the manufacture of the connector assembly, in which the electrical connector is disposed at least in sections in the connector receptacle and the electrical cable is disposed at least in sections in the cable receptacle, can be largely automated.

Abstract: A welding device includes a frame body, a first movable module, a second movable module, a third movable module, and a welding module. The first movable module is installed on the frame body and movable in a first horizontal direction. The second movable module is installed on the first movable module and movable in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The third movable module is installed on the second movable module and movable in a vertical direction perpendicular to the first and second horizontal directions. The welding module is installed on the third movable module and movable together with the first, second, and third movable modules. The welding module is suspended outside the frame body, and the first movable module is provided in an inner chamber of the frame body to reduce the distance between the welding module and the frame body.

Abstract: An automatic guided vehicle system includes an automatic guided vehicle and a docking station for docking with the automatic guided vehicle. One of the automatic guided vehicle and the docking station has a pair of first vertical guide surfaces and the other has a pair of rows of rollers. The first vertical guide surfaces extend a predetermined length along a first horizontal direction and are spaced by a predetermined distance in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction. The rows of rollers are in rolling contact with the first vertical guide surfaces to guide the automatic guided vehicle to a predetermined position in the docking station.

Abstract: An assembly for terminating a high speed cable. The assembly includes a shell housing having a mating end and a conductor receiving end. A mating portion extends from the mating end. The mating portion has a contact receiving opening with an inside wall which extends circumferentially around the opening. A crosstalk shield is provided in the shell housing. Contacts are positioned in the contact receiving opening of the housing. The contacts terminate high speed conductors of the high speed cable. A nonconductive component is provided on the inside wall in the mating portion of the shell housing. The nonconductive component electrically and physically isolates the contacts from the shell housing.

Abstract: A poke-in terminal includes a main body, a tab terminal socket at a mating end, and a wire socket at a terminating end. The tab terminal socket includes walls forming a tab terminal receptacle configured to receive a tab terminal. Upper and lower beam contacts extend into the tab terminal receptacle to interface with the tab terminal. The wire socket includes walls forming a wire receptacle configured to receive a wire. Poke-in retention beams extend into the wire receptacle to interface with the wire when poked into the wire socket. The wire socket includes a wire release element configured to be actuated to release the poke-in retention beams from the wire.

Abstract: A plug connector includes a plug housing coupled to a header connector and holding plug contacts mated with corresponding header contacts of a header connector. The plug connector includes an eCPA assembly coupled to the plug housing having an actuator movably coupled to the plug housing between a retracted position and an actuated position. The eCPA includes a plug eCPA terminal coupled to the actuator and movable by the actuator between a mated position and an unmated position for mating with a header eCPA terminal of the header connector. The eCPA includes an eCPA wire terminated to the plug eCPA terminal and routed to a remote electrical device. The plug eCPA terminal and the eCPA wire form a position assurance circuit with the header eCPA terminal in the mated position.

Abstract: An assembly for terminating a high speed cable. The assembly includes a shell housing and preassembled crosstalk shield. The shell housing has a mating end and a conductor receiving end, One or more shield receiving recesses extend from the conductor receiving end toward the mating end. The preassembled crosstalk shield has mounting projections which are positioned in the one or more shield receiving recesses. The mounting projections and the one or more shield receiving recesses provide an interference engagement to provide a secure mechanical and electrical connection between the shell housing and the preassembled crosstalk shield.