Stoneridge Control Devices, Inc.

Cole Hersee Co.

Michael O'Reilly

Neal Pugh

Dave Cummings

Mark Vincent

William Hartman Fort

William J Farmer

Brian Ganter

Per I Karlsson

Dana Paul Scribner

Robert S Vann Rox

An electrical connector including a first connector portion and a second connector portion. First and second covers are pivotally attached to the body about a common axis for covering the first and second connector portion.

Trailer tow connector assembly

Trailer tow connector assembly including first and second connector portions having associated covers

An electrical connector including a body having first and second connector portions. A locking clip coupled to the body facilitates a snap-fit engagement of the body with an associated receptacle opening.

Trailer tow connector assembly including a locking clip

An electrical connector including a first connector portion and a second connector portion. Each of the first and second connector interfaces includes several terminals. At least a portion of the terminals of the first connector interface are electrically coupled to associated ones of the terminals of the second connector interface via a multi-level arrangement.

A transmission range selector system having a driver interface module, an electronic control module, and an actuator coupleable to an automotive transmission. The driver interface module may be positioned in a plurality of desired transmission gear positions. The desired gear position set at the driver interface module is redundantly sensed by the combination of a rotational position Hall effect sensor and a plurality of discrete position Hall effect sensors. The rotational position Hall effect sensor has a linearly varying output representative of the desired gear position. The Hall effect sensors provide an output to the electronic control module for energizing the actuator to change the transmission gear position to the desired transmission gear set at the driver interface module. The actuator may include multiple motors to provide redundancy and a sensor gear for providing transmission gear position feedback to the electronic control module.

Transmission range selector system

Apparatus for use with a vehicle includes an optical switch configured to furnish an electrical output. A mechanical control has a selectable position for controlling a function of the vehicle. The mechanical control has a shutter constructed and arranged to control the electrical output of the optical switch based on the position of the control.

Contactless switching and encoding

A socket connector which can accommodate a first plug connector or a second plug connector has a cylindrical cavity with a first plurality of socket contacts and a second plurality of socket contacts. The second plurality of socket contacts are shorter than the first plurality of socket contacts. The first plug connector has a number of plug contacts arranged for mating engagement with both the first plurality of socket contacts and the second plurality of socket contacts. The second plug connector contains a number of plug contacts arranged only for mating engagement with the first plurality of socket contacts. The socket connector is constructed and arranged so as to allow penetrating travel of the first plug connector fully into the cylindrical cavity so as to engage with the plug contacts the first plurality of socket contacts and the second plurality of socket contacts while limiting penetrating travel of the second plug connector into the cylindrical cavity to a point at which the plug contacts engage the first plurality of socket contacts but the second plurality of socket contacts are neither engaged nor contacted by the second plug connector.

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Holliston, MA, United States of America

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