1. A kit forming a connection system for securing electrical components to a wiring harness, the kit forming the connection system comprising:
a body connector having a first opening interconnected by a transverse channel to a second opening, the first opening for receiving conducting contacts coupled to wire leads during assembly to a wiring harness, the second opening for receiving conducting terminals during assembly to a wiring harness; and
an annular seal surrounding a circular perimeter of a head formed on said body connector, said seal having an outer diameter greater than a diameter forming the circular perimeter of said head.
2. The kit forming the connection system of claim 1 further comprising conducting contacts having a first m-shaped clasp formed within said contacts for receiving a first signal lead from said first opening and a second m-shaped clasp formed within said contact for receiving a second signal lead from said second opening.
3. The kit forming the connection system of claim 2 wherein said first signal lead is a wire having a conductive end received within said m-shaped clasp.
4. The kit forming the connection system of claim 2 wherein said second signal lead is a male terminal extending from a printed circuit board.
5. The kit forming the connection system of claim 3 further comprising a plurality of wire leads corresponding to said body connector having a plurality of first and second openings, wherein said wired leads are at least collectively partially covered by a shroud.
6. The kit forming the connection system of claim 1 further comprising a housing having first and second compartments defined by a central panel therebetween, the first compartment for supporting electronics free from contaminates collected externally by said second compartment, the central panel further comprising an annular riser molded into the central panel transversely facing away from the first compartment and toward said second compartment such that said outer diameter of said annular seal surrounding the circular perimeter of said head formed on said body connector nest in annular contact with said inner diameter of said annular riser, preventing the entry of contaminates into the first compartment.
7. The kit forming the connection system of claim 6 further comprising a snap wing molded into said body connector for securing said body connector to said riser, said annular riser having at least one catch projecting from an outer diameter of the annular riser, said catch being received within a channel open of said snap wing.
8. The kit forming the connection system of claim 1 further comprising a locking arrangement for retaining conductive contacts within said first opening during assembly.
9. A connection system for securing electrical components to a wiring harness comprising:
a body connector having a first opening interconnected to a second opening by a transverse channel, the transverse channel supporting a contact assembly along a first plane parallel with said first opening and transverse to a second plane parallel with the second opening;
an annular seal surrounding a circular perimeter of a head formed on said body connector, said seal having an outer diameter greater than a diameter forming the circular perimeter of said head; and
a first m-shaped clasp formed within said contact for receiving a signal lead from said first opening and a second m-shaped clasp formed within said contact for receiving a signal lead from said second opening.
10. The connection system of claim 9 wherein said signal lead is a wire having a conductive end received within said m-shaped clasp.
11. The connection system of claim 9 wherein said signal lead is a male terminal extending from a printed circuit board.
12. The connection system of claim 9 further comprising a plurality of wire leads corresponding to said body connector having a plurality of first and second openings, wherein said wired leads are at least collectively partially covered by a shroud.
13. The connection system of claim 9 further comprising a housing having first and second compartments defined by a central panel therebetween, the first compartment for supporting electronics free from contaminates collected externally by said second compartment, the central panel further comprising an annular riser molded into the central panel transversely facing away from the first compartment and toward said second compartment such that said outer diameter of said annular seal surrounding the circular perimeter of said head formed on said body connector nest in annular contact with said inner diameter of said annular riser, preventing the entry of contaminates into the first compartment.
14. The connection system of claim 13 further comprising a snap wing molded into said body connector for securing said body connector to said riser, said annular riser having at least one catch protecting from an outer diameter of the annular riser, said catch being received within a channel open of said snap wing.
15. The connection system of claim 1 further comprising a locking arrangement for retaining said contact assembly within said first opening during assembly.
16. A method of securing electrical components to a wiring harness using a connecting system, the method comprising:
providing a body connector having a first opening interconnected to a second opening by a transverse channel;
supporting a contact assembly with said transverse channel along a first plane parallel with said first opening and transverse to a second plane parallel with the second opening; and
sealing a circular perimeter of a head formed on said body connector with a gasket, said gasket having an outer diameter greater than a diameter forming the circular perimeter of said head.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of providing a first m-shaped clasp formed within said contact assembly for receiving a signal lead from said first opening and providing a second m-shaped clasp formed within said contact assembly for receiving a signal lead from said second opening.
18. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of providing a housing having first and second compartments defined by a central panel therebetween, the first compartment for supporting electronics free from contaminates collected externally by said second compartment, the method further comprises providing the central panel with an annular riser molded into the central panel transversely facing away from the first compartment and toward said second compartment such that said outer diameter of said gasket surrounding the circular perimeter of said head formed on said body connector nest in annular contact with said inner diameter of said annular riser, preventing the entry of contaminates into the first compartment.
19. The method of claim 18 further comprising the step of isolating contaminates, debris, and moisture from the first compartment by positioning a seal within said first opening.
20. The method of claim 18 further comprising the step of isolating contaminates, debris, and moisture from the first compartment by utilizing said transverse channel between said first and second openings.
21. The kit forming the connection system of claim 6 wherein said housing further comprises at least one flange for securing the housing and kit to a surface to form a tamper-proof area for electronics supported within said first compartment, the tamper-proof area defined by said central panel and said housing when secured to the surface by said at least one flange.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for optimizing sound and vibration performance inside a mobile passenger compartment, comprising:
establishing a list of comfort indices that are criteria defining quality of the sound and vibration performance and providing target values of the indices;
establishing a list of requirements concerning some or all of the whole passenger compartment and relating to plural equipment suppliers, the requirements being information relating to exigencies other than those concerning sound or vibration comfort;
defining input data influencing generation, propagation, and transmission of vibration and sound fields inside the passenger compartment, the input data being associated with plural equipment suppliers and certain input data being limited by requirements;
estimating values of the passenger compartment comfort indices according to the input data;
comparing the estimated values with the target values;
when the estimated values do not match the target values, acting individually or in combination on some or all of the input data; and
repeating in an iterative manner the estimating the vehicle comfort index values, comparing them with the target values, and acting on the input data, so as to ensure convergence of the values of the comfort indices with the target values.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the criteria defining the quality of the sound and vibration performance include measurable physical indices relating to the mobile passenger compartment in its entirety or to a part or an item of equipment of the passenger compartment.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the physical indices include level of sound pressure at certain points of the passenger compartment, level of vibration movement, speed or acceleration at certain points of the passenger compartment, psychoacoustic or intelligibility index at certain points of the passenger compartment, level of sound power radiated by a part or an item of equipment, level of force injected by a part or an item of equipment, coefficient of sound absorption of certain parts or items of equipment, sound insulation of certain parts or items of equipment, coefficient of vibration damping provided by certain parts or items of equipment, and vibration attenuation provided by a fastening system between two parts or items of equipment.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a user establishes a list of absolute requirements that must be satisfied to ensure certain functions that are considered essential and upon which it is imperative not to act, and a list of undefined requirements associated with their range of evolution, indicating characteristics whose values may change without prejudice to overall quality of the vehicle by defining proportions or ranges for which these values can be varied.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input data comprises geometry andor dimensions of a vehicle and constituent elements of the vehicle, physical property values of materials and behavioral states of the constituent elements of the vehicle with respect to sound and vibration excitations in a form of values, modal bases, transfer functions, spectra, or interspectra.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising design means for estimating magnitudes designed to be correlated with the target values of the criteria defining the quality of the sound and vibration performance, and to compare these magnitudes with the target values.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the design means are defined before any operation for estimating the comfort values.
8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the design means are based on experimental andor totally numerical predictive approaches.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input data are modified while keeping unchanged the input data that are frozen by an absolute requirement, or by modifying the input data relating to undefined requirements, within a framework set for them, or by freely modifying the input data that are independent of any requirement.
10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when, after executing a number of iterations judged sufficient depending on complexity of the optimizing, no input data set has made it possible to achieve the objectives, the objectives are redefined by redefining the input data and where necessary the requirements.
11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the optimization method is finished, a list of input data having made it possible to achieve the optimization is established.
12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a shape of a radiation mode of a glazing unit, when the glazing unit is excited by a sound or vibration field, is modified in a spatial manner.
13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein at least the radiation mode or modes that are coupled with one or more cavity modes of the passenger compartment are removed for the glazing unit.
14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein a radiation mode of the glazing unit is offset frequentially relative to a cavity mode of the passenger compartment.
15. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein sound phenomena are generated in phase opposition relative to radiations in the passenger compartment.
16. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein action is taken on the nature of a material of an associated peripheral seal between the glazing unit and the passenger compartment.
17. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a mechanical coupling between the glazing unit and the passenger compartment is modified.
18. The method as claimed in claim 1, applied by an assembler to carry out overall design of a passenger compartment andor by at least one equipment supplier to carry out design of a portion of the passenger compartment.
19. The method as claimed in claim 1, applied to a passenger compartment for a vehicle, a motor vehicle, truck, coach, agricultural machine, or train.
20. The method as claimed in claim 1, applied to a passenger compartment for an aircraft, boat, or submarine.