Motor power pack with overmolded printed circuit board integrated connector

    公开(公告)号:US11146147B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16047709

    申请日:2018-07-27

    摘要: A motor electronics unit includes a printed circuit board having a first and a second side. An electrical conductor is connected to the printed circuit board. A heat sink is positioned proximate to the printed circuit board. A housing of a polymeric material includes: an endcap encapsulating the printed circuit board and covering an outer edge of the heat sink defining a heat sink first portion, with a second portion of the heat sink not covered by the polymeric material and extending through and outward from the endcap to transfer heat from the printed circuit board. A first section of the electrical conductor extends through and is partially encapsulated by the endcap. A connector body is integrally connected to the housing. A second section of the electrical conductor is exposed within a cavity of the connector body to electrically connect the printed circuit board to another component.

    Heterogeneous convolutional neural network for multi-problem solving

    公开(公告)号:US10990820B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16293180

    申请日:2019-03-05

    摘要: A heterogeneous convolutional neural network (HCNN) system includes a visual reception system generating an input image. A feature extraction layer (FEL) portion of convolutional neural networks includes multiple convolution, pooling and activation layers stacked together. The FEL includes multiple stacked layers, a first set of layers learning to represent data in a simple form including horizontal and vertical lines and blobs of colors. Following layers capture more complex shapes such as circles, rectangles, and triangles. Subsequent layers pick up complex feature combinations to form a representation including wheels, faces and grids. The FEL portion outputs data to each of: a first sub-network which performs a first task of object detection, classification, and localization for classes of objects in the input image to create a detected object table; and a second sub-network which performs a second task of defining a pixel level segmentation to create a segmentation data set.

    In-mold electronics package
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10920946B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US16426839

    申请日:2019-05-30

    发明人: Indraneel Page

    摘要: An in-mold electronics package includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first side and a second side, the PCB defining an opening, a light emitting diode (LED) disposed on the second side adjacent the opening, a light guide disposed on the second side of the PCB and partially disposed within the opening, a film disposed on the first side of the PCB, and a cover disposed over the film, the cover connected to the light guide, and wherein the cover and the light guide cooperate to form at least one sealed perimeter wall of the in-mold electronics package.

    Rotary actuator with angled housing connection

    公开(公告)号:US10811932B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US15959863

    申请日:2018-04-23

    发明人: Jinseok Jeon

    摘要: In at least some implementations, an actuator includes a motor, an output rotated by the motor about an axis, and a housing having an interior in which the motor and electrical component are received. The housing includes a first housing part and a second housing part coupled to the first housing part to define at least part of the interior. The first housing part has a first mounting surface and the second housing part having a second mounting surface arranged to overlap the first mounting surface when the second housing part and first housing part are coupled together and wherein the first mounting surface and second mounting surface are both arranged at an acute angle relative to a plane perpendicular to the axis.

    Safety sensor module with vehicle communication to first responders

    公开(公告)号:US10777856B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US15626692

    申请日:2017-06-19

    摘要: A battery pack safety system for a battery powered vehicle includes a vehicle battery pack having at least one battery cell positioned in a bay of a frame. Multiple sensors are each supported by the frame. A safety module in communication with each of the multiple sensors collects an output of each of the sensors for transmission to a vehicle computer unit. A safety module power supply provides backup power for operation of the multiple sensors and the safety module when an electrical charge of the battery pack is unavailable. A warning module is in communication with the safety module. The warning module when initiated by a signal from the safety module in response to an output signal generated by any of the multiple sensors energizes a signaling device providing external vehicle indication of a status of the battery pack.

    Modular roof rail substrate
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10759350B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-01

    申请号:US16057889

    申请日:2018-08-08

    发明人: Kenneth Keck, II

    IPC分类号: B60R9/00 B60R9/04

    摘要: A roof rail attachable to a roof of a motor vehicle includes a modular substrate connected to the roof, the modular substrate having a first portion connected by a first connection feature to a second portion. A cover is connected to the modular substrate and covers the modular substrate.

    Safety sensor module with vehicle communication to first responders

    公开(公告)号:US10707538B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US15663294

    申请日:2017-07-28

    摘要: A battery system for a vehicle includes a battery pack having a structure receiving at least one battery. Multiple sensors are mounted to the structure and sense operating conditions inside and outside of the structure. A safety module is disposed on the structure, the safety module having a centralized sensor processor processing signals received from the multiple sensors to identify if any of the operating conditions defines an abnormal condition of the structure. At least one battery pack sensor senses a condition within the battery pack and is in communication with a vehicle battery management system (BMS). The safety module is in communication with the BMS such that the condition within the battery pack is also communicated to the safety module. The centralized sensor processor identifies if the condition within the battery pack correlates with the abnormal condition of the structure.

    Preformed light guide with pockets for light emitting diodes mounted to a printed circuit board

    公开(公告)号:US10656323B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US16109167

    申请日:2018-08-22

    摘要: A molded component assembly includes a printed circuit board with a first face and an oppositely facing second face. Multiple light emitting diodes are mounted on a first portion of the first face. Multiple electronics components are mounted on a second portion of the first face. A light guide of a light translucent polymeric material has a contact surface, multiple light outlets, and multiple light emitting diode receiving pockets defining recesses in the contact surface, each sized to receive one of the light emitting diodes when the contact surface directly contacts the first portion of the first face, with visible light from the light emitting diodes transmitted through the light guide to the light outlets. A first polymeric material is molded over a portion of the second portion of the first face encapsulating the electronics components and contacting a portion of the light guide.