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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Nicholas Lee Mawhinney, Linden, MI (US);
Michael J Zaitz, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A sensor assembly, having an inner spring, a middle spring circumscribing the inner spring, and an outer spring circumscribing the middle spring. Each of the springs are connected to a first circuit board and a second circuit board. An axis extends through the inner spring, the middle spring, and the outer spring such that the springs are rotatable about the axis, and the inner spring, middle spring, and outer spring provide electrical communication between the first circuit board and the second circuit board regardless of the orientation of the inner spring, middle spring, and outer spring about the axis. The first circuit board is a sensor board, and the second circuit board is a printed circuit board (PCB), but it is within the scope of the invention that different types of circuit boards may be used in various combinations.