T K Holdings, Inc.

Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.

Ryan N Steele

James Gregory Stanley

Judson G McDonnell

David Wilson

Donald A Duda

Kurt L VanVoorhies

Scott Kerby

A vehicle sensor assembly includes a housing assembly and a printed circuit board having a plurality of electronic components provided thereon, mounted in the housing assembly. A connector interface is integrally formed with the housing assembly by a polymer overmold. The connector interface includes a shroud member. The shroud member is made of a polymer harder than the polymer overmold.

Vehicle sensor

A fastener integrated sensor includes a fastener, an overmold, an electronic sensor, a printed circuit board, a plurality of circuit components, a plurality of signal terminals, and a connector shroud. The fastener integrated sensor mounts rigidly to the vehicle body to capture and provide structural information during a crash event.

Fastener integrated sensor

A method and apparatus for sealing electronic module conductors is provided. Electronic modules typically consist of an electronic circuit board ('PCB') with electronic components, an integral housing/connector assembly, conductors such as wires or terminal pins, and a mounting feature. A method for sealing electronic module conductors is provided which improves the sealing properties around the conductors positioned on the first and second side of the PCB.

Electronic module and method for sealing an electronic module

A seat weight sensor for detecting the load upon a vehicle seat. The seat weight sensor includes a seat rail positioned under the vehicle seat. A lever arm is mounted to the vehicle seat. One end of the lever arm has one or more stationary fingers and a free finger. The stationary fingers are rigidly mounted to the seat rail. The lever arm bends in relation to the force placed upon the seat that in turn places the free finger in motion. A sensor is mounted to the seat rail and is configured to measure the change in motion of the free finger when a force is placed upon the seat.

Seat weight sensor

A lever is adapted to rotate about a first pivot at a first location responsive to a tension load from a webbing applied to an attachment pivoted or arcuately slotted about a second location. Tension load is reacted by a spring against a reaction element, and is sensed by either a displacement sensor or a force sensor. The sensed load range can be limited by a stop that engages the lever. The anchor bolt can be utilized as a stop in cooperation with a slot in the lever, wherein the lever is adapted to rotate about a stud depending from the reaction element. A tang portion of the lever engages a slot of a slide, and the displacement of the slide caused by a rotation of the tang reacted by springs at the ends of the slide is measured by a magnetic field sensor on the reaction element in cooperation with a pair of magnets on the slide.

Seat belt tension sensor

An anchor plate operatively coupled to a seat belt incorporates a slot that slideably engages an anchor bolt, which is biased therein by a spring. A tension in the seat belt causes a deflection of the spring and an associated motion of the anchor bolt in the slot, which is sensed by a proximity sensor on the anchor plate. In another aspect, a carriage is adapted to slide relative to a bracket, and a first spring is operative between the carriage and the bracket so as to bias the carriage relative to the bracket in a direction opposite to a first direction. Either the bracket is operatively coupled to a vehicle frame with an anchor bolt and the seat belt operatively engages the carriage, or vice versa. A tension in the seat belt, when reacted by the anchor bolt, causes an associated motion of the carriage in the first direction, which is sensed by a displacement sensor. In one embodiment, a second spring is operative between the carriage and the bracket so as to bias the carriage in the first direction relative to said bracket, thereby substantially eliminating slack. One embodiment of the displacement sensor comprises a magnetic sensor coupled to the bracket, which measures the magnetic field between a pair of magnets having crossed pole orientations, operatively coupled to the carriage. In another aspect, a second carriage and associated displacement sensor provide an additional measure of tension.

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Dearborn, MI, United States of America

Ryan N Steele