A balance has a balance centerline and an axial force measurement section having a longitudinal slot partially dividing the axial force measurement section into a first part and a second part longitudinally overlapping each other and interconnected by corner flexure groups. The axial force measurement section has an axial force measurement beam located approximately midway between the corner flexure groups. The axial force measurement beam has strain gages for determining axial force on the model. Each corner flexure group includes flexures each having a first flexure root and a second flexure root respectively joined to the first part and the second part. The flexures each have a flexure midpoint between the first and second flexure roots, and a flexure thickness that is tapered along the flexure length from each of the first and second flexure roots to a reduced thickness proximate the flexure midpoint.

A balance has a balance centerline and an axial force measurement section having a longitudinal slot partially dividing the axial force measurement section into a first part and a second part longitudinally overlapping each other and interconnected by corner flexure groups. The axial force measurement section has an axial force measurement beam located approximately midway between the corner flexure groups. The axial force measurement beam has strain gages for determining axial force on the model. Each corner flexure group includes flexures each having a first flexure root and a second flexure root respectively joined to the first part and the second part. The flexures each have a flexure midpoint between the first and second flexure roots, and a flexure thickness that is tapered along the flexure length from each of the first and second flexure roots to a reduced thickness proximate the flexure midpoint.

A system and method for real world autonomous vehicle perception simulation are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: receiving perception data from a plurality of sensors of an autonomous vehicle; configuring the perception simulation operation based on a comparison of the perception data against ground truth data; generating simulated perception data by simulating errors related to the physical constraints of one or more of the plurality of sensors, and by simulating noise in data provided by a sensor processing module corresponding to one or more of the plurality of sensors; and providing the simulated perception data to a motion planning system for the autonomous vehicle.

A system for inspecting an acoustic treatment applied to the hull of a maritime vessel includes an underwater inspection system including at least one signal emitter configured to emit a signal, at least one receiver configured to receive the signal after the signal has come into contact with the acoustic treatment applied to the hull of the maritime vessel, wherein the signal provides information about the integrity of the acoustic treatment and a processor configured to perform signal processing on the received signal and generate an output comprising information about one or more parameters of the acoustic treatment. The inspection system thereby allows for in-water inspection of acoustic treatments applied to a maritime vessel thus avoiding the need for a costly and time-consuming inspection of such a vessel while in dry-dock.

A smart sensor system and method for a vehicle are described. The smart sensor includes at least one sensing element installed on a suspension of the vehicle and coupled with a wheel of the vehicle, and a digital signal processing circuitry configured to receive signal from the at least one sensing element in the form of a digital signal, correlate the digital signal to an air gap data, and determine a vehicle speed, a vehicle acceleration, a suspension condition, a tire condition, a brake condition, a wheel condition, and a road condition.

A tire wheel position detection device is provided. The tire wheel position detection device includes a transmitter attached to each tire wheel and including a first controller to transmit a frame including unique identification information, and a receiver including a second controller that performs tire wheel position detection through selecting, from the identification informations included in the frames, candidate identification informations indicating candidates to be registered, and identifying, from the candidate identification informations, the candidate identification informations that match the transmitters attached to the tire wheels, and storing the tire wheels and the identification informations of the transmitters in association with each other. Even if the candidate identification information is identified as the ID information of any of the transmitters, the second controller does not readily fix nor register it but makes a provisional fixing and definitely determines and registers it upon determining it is highly likely.

Overheat and fire detection for aircraft systems includes an optical controller and a fiber optic loop extending from the optical controller. The fiber optic loop extends through one or more zones of the aircraft. An optical signal is transmitted through the fiber optic loop from the optical controller and is also received back at the optical controller. The optical controller analyzes the optical signal to determine the temperature, strain, or both experienced within the zones.

A vehicle brake management device is disclosed. The vehicle brake management device of the present invention: detects, in real time, whether the brake performance of a vehicle in motion is abnormal such that a driver or a mechanic can easily check the abnormality, thereby identifying causes thereof according to a brake failure, and can repair or replace abnormal parts; displays an alert when a brake system malfunctions, particularly when in motion, so as to enable the driver to check the malfunction; and prevents starting so as to disable operations when an engine restarts after the operation has finished, thereby remarkably reducing the risk for the occurrence of an accident and increasing vehicle reliability to consumers.

The aspects of the present disclosure may provide a wireless data system for a mechanical power transmission. The wireless data system may be configured to measure the displacement between two or more components within a powertrain driveline, where one or more of the components are in relative motion.

An apparatus for measuring noise includes: a signal generator configured to input an input signal having an excitation frequency to an audio device; and a controller configured to measure rattle noise from a sound pressure signal generated in response to the input signal. The controller measures the rattle noise by comparing a frequency component of the sound pressure signal with a masking curve corresponding to the excitation frequency.