Patents
As our registered mark indicates, innovation is a key component in our approach to producing solutions that achieve the performance, cost, and quality expectations of our customers. Our patented technologies are listed below.
Backshell Assembly For Repairable Cable Assembly
United States Patent: 5888097
Abstract
There is provided a backshell assembly for a repairable cable assembly having a cable with wires and an electrical connector including an electrically conductive housing with an opening and electrical contacts mounted inside the housing, where the wires are electrically coupled to the electrical contacts. The backshell assembly includes an electrically conductive cable shield adapter engaging the cable and providing electrical shielding for the wires. Detachably engaging the cable shield adapter is an electrically conductive sleeve which also provides electrical shielding for the wires. The sleeve and the cable shield adapter are sized to telescopingly engage one another. The backshell assembly further includes an electrically conductive coupling member engaging the sleeve and detachably engaging the housing over the opening such that when the coupling member is detached from the housing, the sleeve is slidable away from the cable shield adapter to provide access to the wires and to the electrical contacts.
Optical Proximity Detector
United States Patent: 6498654
Abstract
A proximity detector for detecting the position of a magnetic target having a transceiver module with a light emitting source, an optical detector, and a 2.times.2 optical coupler joining the light emitting source and optical detector is provided. A sensor having an outer case houses a collimating lens, a polarizer, a Faraday material, and a mirror. A multi-mode optical fiber connects the transceiver module to the sensor. Preferably, the proximity detector detects the position of the magnetic target, which is substantially axially spaced from the sensor, using a single polarizer aligned with a single Faraday material. Preferably, the Faraday material comprises an iron garnet material, and most
preferably a bismuth iron garnet material.
High Reliability Heater Modules
United States Patent: 6881932
Abstract
An improved air data sensing probe de-icing system that provides for dramatically increased reliability and lifespan, utilizing solid-state heating elements that are electrically connected in parallel and having inherent temperature control, where each of the heating elements are able to provide full system power in the event of failure of one of the heating elements such that system redundancy and de-rating is achieved.
Extended Temperature Range Thermal Variable-Resistance Device
United States Patent: 7026908
Abstract
A sensor and method of manufacturing an extended temperature range variable resistance sensor that is cost effective and highly reliable, with stable resistance with an operating range of up to 1700.degree. C. in hostile environments. The sensor is formed of highly stable dispersion hardened materials capable of withstanding mechanical loads and chemical attacks at elevated temperatures while maintaining internal chemical integrity. Electronics are implemented to condition the devices output and convert it to an
industry standard.
Extended Temperature Range EMF Device
United States Patent: 7131768
Abstract
A sensor and method of manufacturing an extended temperature range EMF sensor that is cost effective and highly reliable, with a stable EMF output and with an operating range of up to 1700.degree. C. in hostile environments. The sensor is formed of highly stable dispersion hardened materials capable of withstanding mechanical loads and chemical attacks at elevated temperatures while maintaining internal chemical integrity. Electronics are implemented to condition the devices output and convert it to an industry standard.
System And Method For Non-Contact Forming Of Parts To A Fluid Sensor Assembly
United States Patent: 7137297
Abstract
A method for coupling components of a fluid sensor assembly for a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of providing a body portion of a
fluid sensor assembly with a joining section that has a mating surface, providing a head portion of a fluid sensor assembly with a joining
section that has a mating surface, introducing the mating surface of the body portion joining section to the mating surface of the head portion
joining section to define a overlapping configuration, providing a first magnetic field that opposes a second magnetic field to produce a force
field, exposing the overlapped configuration to the force field that surpasses both joining sections' material yield strength without causing
either joining section's material to flow and coupling together the mating surfaces of both joining sections of the overlapped configuration
with the force field to form a fluid sensor assembly.