Abstract: A rip detection system for a conveyor belt comprises at least one antenna and at least one sensing system. The at least one antenna comprises one or more continuous loops formed from at least a conductive fiber material. The at least one sensing system may include a transmitter, a receiver, a controller, and a power source. The at least one sensing system is configured to sense a conductivity of the at least one antenna. Based upon the sensed conductivity of the at least one antenna, the rip detection system determines a state of the conveyor belt.

Abstract: Sensor systems and methods that provide an output in the form of a rate at which light is received by unit pixels within a sensor array are provided. Each unit pixel includes a photodetector that generates an electrical charge in response to receiving light, a charge accumulation area, and a comparator. Once the amount of charge in the accumulation area has reached some threshold amount, a counter is incremented. After the counter has been incremented a selected number of times, an output signal is generated, and the time at which the output signal is generated is marked or recorded. Different unit pixels receiving light at different rates therefore generate output signals at different times.

Abstract: A conductive terminal for a flat flexible cable comprises a first contact surface, and a second contact surface opposing the first contact surface. The first and second contact surfaces define a space therebetween for receiving a flat flexible cable along a longitudinal direction of the terminal. A dimpled structure is defined on the first contact surface and includes a plurality of dimples extending from the first contact surface in a direction of the second contact surface. The dimpled structure includes at least one dimple having a first height, and at least one dimple having a second height, distinct from the first height.

Abstract: A charging inlet assembly includes a housing extending between a front and a rear. The housing has DC terminal channels and AC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes AC terminals, include a proximity terminal and a ground terminal, received in the corresponding AC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes DC terminals received in the corresponding DC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes a proximity resistor assembly having a plug body holding a resistor, a first resistor conductor and a second resistor conductor. The first resistor conductor is coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the proximity terminal. The second resistor conductor is coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the ground terminal.

Abstract: A connector shield for a flat flexible cable comprises a housing defining a connector space on a first end thereof for receiving a signal cable connector, and a cable space on a second end thereof for at least partially receiving an end of the flat flexible cable. The cable space defines a width greater than that of the connector space and a height less than that of the connector space. A plurality of contact elements extend from the housing and into the cable space for electrically contacting a conductive element of the flat flexible cable.

Abstract: A terminal for mating with an exposed conductor of a flat flexible cable comprises an electrical contact and a crimping portion extending from the electrical contact. The crimping portion includes a base defining at least one protrusion extending therefrom, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The first sidewall includes a first section attached to the base and a second section attached to the first section on an end opposite the base. In a crimped state of the terminal, the first section of the first sidewall is folded into an opening of the terminal for crimping the conductor within the opening and against the protrusion, and the second section of the first sidewall is folded so as to overlap or oppose a side of the first section opposite the conductor.

Abstract: A spring clip has a first beam and a second beam connected to the first beam. The second beam is resiliently deflectable toward the first beam from a relaxed position distal from the first beam to a compressed position proximal to the first beam. The second beam has a spring latch disposed at an end of the second beam and extending toward the first beam. The spring latch engages the first beam to secure the second beam in the compressed position.

Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing and a terminal disposed in the housing. The housing has a base and a cover. The base has a closed section with a receiving passageway and an open section extending from the closed section. The cover encloses the open section in a closed position of the cover. The cover has a main body with a pressing surface and a latch extending from the main body. The latch engages a catch of the base in the closed position. The terminal is disposed in the receiving passageway and has a tab extending into the open section. The pressing surface abuts the tab and presses the tab toward the base in the closed position.

Abstract: A pin terminal assembly includes a pin terminal having a retention section and a cavity adaptor formed of a non-conductive material and engaging the retention section. The cavity adaptor has an outer shape corresponding to a cavity of a housing in which the pin terminal is inserted. The cavity adaptor retains the pin terminal in the cavity.

Abstract: A spring clip includes a first beam and a second beam connected to the first beam and resiliently deflectable toward the first beam from a relaxed position distal from the first beam to a compressed position proximal to the first beam. The second beam has a spring latch extending toward the first beam. The spring latch engages the first beam to secure the second beam in the compressed position. The clip may be positioned in a housing having a rotatable cover formed to compress the clip against a conductor when moved to a closed position.

Abstract: A spring clip for a flat flexible cable includes a first beam and a second beam connected to the first beam and resiliently deflectable toward the first beam. The second beam has a first contact bend extending toward the first beam. The flat flexible cable is positioned between the first beam and the second beam and the first contact bend abuts a conductor exposed through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable to electrically connect the spring clip with the conductor.

Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable or flat printed cable includes a housing portion and a plurality of terminals. The housing portion includes a plurality of terminal receiving passageways each receiving a contact portion of one of the plurality of terminals. A plurality of conductors exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable are each clamped in a terminating portion of one of the plurality of terminals by a clamping force applied thereon by a cover selectively fixable with respect to the housing portion.

Abstract: A spring clip includes a first beam and a second beam connected to the first beam and resiliently deflectable toward the first beam from a relaxed position distal from the first beam to a compressed position proximal to the first beam. The second beam has a spring latch extending toward the first beam. The spring latch engages the first beam to secure the second beam in the compressed position.

Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing and a spring clip disposed in the housing. The housing has a main body and a cover. The cover is movable with respect to the main body between an open position and a closed position. The spring clip is resiliently deflectable by the cover. The spring clip is in a first state with the cover in the open position in which the spring clip abuts a conductor exposed through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable with a first contact force. The spring clip is in a second state with the cover in the closed position in which the spring clip abuts the conductor with a second contact force greater than the first contact force.

Abstract: A terminal includes a first connection section having a first connection central axis extending centrally though the first connection section along a longitudinal direction and a shoulder having a first surface extending normal to the longitudinal direction at an end of the first connection section. The shoulder has a width greater than the first connection section in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and has a shoulder central axis extending centrally though the shoulder along the longitudinal direction. The shoulder central axis is offset from the first connection central axis in the width direction.

Abstract: A terminal includes a first connection section having a first connection central axis extending centrally though the first connection section along a longitudinal direction and a shoulder having a first surface extending normal to the longitudinal direction at an end of the first connection section. The shoulder has a width greater than the first connection section in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and has a shoulder central axis extending centrally though the shoulder along the longitudinal direction. The shoulder central axis is offset from the first connection central axis in the width direction.

Abstract: A cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of conductors embedded within an insulation material. A portion of each of the conductors is exposed via openings selectively formed in the insulation material, allowing for a crimping portion of an electrically conductive terminal to engage with the conductor within the opening. The crimping portion of the terminal includes a base defining at least one protrusion extending therefrom, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The base and the first and second sidewalls define an opening configured to receive the conductor therein. The first sidewall includes a first section attached to the base and a second section attached to the first section on an end opposite the base.

Abstract: A cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of conductors embedded within an insulation material. A portion of each of the conductors is exposed via openings selectively formed in the insulation material, allowing for a crimping portion of an electrically conductive terminal to engage with the conductor within the opening. The crimping portion of the terminal includes a base defining at least one aperture formed therethrough, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The base and sidewalls define a conductor opening configured to receive the conductor therein. At least one of the first of second sidewalls includes a sidewall protrusion extending therefrom, wherein the sidewalls are foldable into the conductor opening for crimping the conductor therewithin. In a crimped state of the crimping portion, the conductor is pressed into the aperture by the sidewall protrusion.

Abstract: A cable assembly includes a flat flexible cable having a plurality of conductors embedded within an insulation material. A portion of each of the conductors is exposed via openings selectively formed in the insulation material, allowing for a crimping portion of an electrically conductive terminal to engage with the conductor within the opening. The crimping portion of the terminal includes a base defining at least one protrusion extending therefrom, and first and second sidewalls extending from the base. The base and sidewalls define an opening configured to receive the conductor therein, wherein the sidewalls are foldable into the opening for crimping the conductor within the opening and generally between the protrusion of the base and a portion of the sidewalls.

Abstract: A pin terminal assembly includes a pin terminal having a retention section and a cavity adaptor formed of a non-conductive material and engaging the retention section. The cavity adaptor has an outer shape corresponding to a cavity of a housing in which the pin terminal is inserted. The cavity adaptor retains the pin terminal in the cavity.