Abstract: A printed circuit board connector ejector includes a body extending from a first end to a second end. The body includes an outer surface and a passage extending through the body between the first and second ends. A plurality of threads extend at least partially though the passage. The plurality of threads is configured and disposed to engage with an electrical connector. An actuation member extends radially outwardly from the outer surface. The actuation member is configured and disposed to facilitate rotation of the body relative to an electrical connector.

Abstract: A printed circuit board connector ejector includes a body extending from a first end to a second end. The body includes an outer surface and a passage extending through the body between the first and second ends. A plurality of threads extend at least partially though the passage. The plurality of threads is configured and disposed to engage with an electrical connector. An actuation member extends radially outwardly from the outer surface. The actuation member is configured and disposed to facilitate rotation of the body relative to an electrical connector.

Abstract: A non-contact sensor assembly measures an in-line driving thrust force that is applied to a rotating shaft. The sensor assembly includes a hollow torque-shaft with a magnetoelastic element and a thrust shaft that is inserted within the hollow torque-shaft. Keys are formed on thrust shaft and keyways are formed on the hollow torque-shaft. The keys are received within the keyways to lock the thrust shaft and hollow torque-shaft together but still permit a small amount of axial movement between the shafts. Helical spline recesses are formed on the thrust shaft and corresponding spline projections are formed on the hollow torque-shaft. The projections are received within the recesses to translate the thrust force into a twisting force. A magnetometer cooperates with the magnetoelastic element to measure the amount of twisting force and determine the amount of thrust force.

Abstract: A non-contact sensor assembly measures an in-line driving thrust force that is applied to a rotating shaft. The sensor assembly includes a hollow torque-shaft with a magnetoelastic element and a thrust shaft that is inserted within the hollow torque-shaft. Keys are formed on thrust shaft and keyways are formed on the hollow torque-shaft. The keys are received within the keyways to lock the thrust shaft and hollow torque-shaft together but still permit a small amount of axial movement between the shafts. Helical spline recesses are formed on the thrust shaft and corresponding spline projections are formed on the hollow torque-shaft. The projections are received within the recesses to translate the thrust force into a twisting force. A magnetometer cooperates with the magnetoelastic element to measure the amount of twisting force and determine the amount of thrust force.

Abstract: A magnetoelastic layer is provided on a shaft for sensing torque carried by the shaft around a longitudinal axis. The layer includes first and second adjacent annular parts of a magnetically anisotropic material with circumferential easy axes. The parts are magnetically polarized in opposite circumferential directions when in a quiescent state, but produce helical magnetic fields with respective axial components when torque is carried by the shaft. First and second magnetic-field-guiding structures combine to provide shielding of the magnetoelastic layer from ambient external magnetic fields and to maximize coupling of the axial components from the magnetoelastic layer to one or more magnetic field detectors.