1. A system, comprising:
a distortion component configured to distort a signal of interest in accordance with a distortion scheme to form a distorted signal of interest that is not identical to the signal of interest; and
a distorted signal emission component configured to cause an emission of the distorted signal of interest from a transmission antenna to a reception antenna,
where the distortion scheme compensates for anticipated delay and attenuation produced from travel of the signal of interest over an indirect path from the transmission antenna to the reception antenna,
where the transmission antenna and reception antenna communicate in different languages, and
where the identification component, the distorted signal emission component, or a combination thereof is implemented, at least in part, by way of non-software.
2. The system of claim 1, where the distortion of the signal of interest occurs in a time domain.
3. The system of claim 1, where the distortion of the signal of interest occurs in a spatial domain.
4. The system of claim 3, where the distortion of the signal of interest occurs through use of a phased antenna array.
5. The system of claim 1, comprising:
a white noise emission component configured to cause an emission of a white noise signal from the transmission antenna to the reception antenna prior the emission of the distorted signal of interest; and
a creation component configured to create the distortion scheme based, at least in part, on a response to the emission of the white noise signal.
6. The system of claim 5, comprising:
a baseline emission component configured to cause an emission of a baseline signal from the transmission antenna to the reception antenna prior to the emission of the white noise signal,
where the creation component is configured to create the distortion scheme based, at least in part, on the response to the emission of the white noise signal and based, at least in part, on a response to the emission of the baseline signal.
7. The system of claim 6, where white noise signal is transmitted outside a frequency band of the signal of interest.
8. A method, comprising:
collecting, by way of a reception antenna, a test signal transmitted by a transmission antenna that travels by way of a first path;
collecting, by way of the reception antenna, the test signal transmitted by the transmission antenna that travels by way of a second path that is different from the first path;
calculating a first coefficient set for the test signal transmitted by the transmission antenna that travels by way of the first path;
calculating a second coefficient set for the test signal transmitted by the transmission antenna that travels by way of the second path; and
transmitting, by way of the reception antenna, the first coefficient set and the second coefficient set to the transmission antenna;
where the transmission antenna and the reception antenna are two different antennas,
where the first path, the second path, or a combination thereof is an indirect path, and
where a distortion scheme for a signal of interest transmitted from the transmission antenna to the reception antenna is based, at least in part, on the first coefficient set and the second coefficient set.
9. The method of claim 8,
where the first coefficient set comprises a first delay coefficient that results from the first path and a first attenuation coefficient that results from the first path and
where the second coefficient set comprises a second delay coefficient that results from the second path and a second attenuation coefficient that results from the second path.
10. The method of claim 9, comprising:
collecting, by way of the reception antenna, the signal of interest in an alternated form according to the distortion scheme such that a summed version of the signal of interest has a net delay of about zero and a net attenuation of about zero.
11. The method of claim 10,
collecting, by way of the reception antenna, a baseline signal from the transmission antenna;
measuring a baseline measurement through use of the baseline signal,
where calculating the first coefficient set for the test signal transmitted by the transmission antenna that travels by way of the first path comprises comparing the test signal transmitted by the transmission antenna that travels by way of the first path against the baseline measurement,
where calculating the second coefficient set for the test signal transmitted by the transmission antenna that travels by way of the second path comprises comparing the test signal transmitted by the transmission antenna that travels by way of the first path against the baseline measurement,
where the transmission antenna functions as a directional antenna when transmitting the baseline signal, and
where the transmission antenna functions as a multi-directional antenna when transmitting the test signal.
12. The method of claim 11,
where the test signal is transmitted outside a frequency band of the signal of interest and
where the transmission antenna and reception antenna communicate in different language.
13. A system, comprising:
a first transceiver antenna that wirelessly transmits a test signal;
a second transceiver antenna that wirelessly receives the test signal;
a computation component that computes a delay coefficient set of the test signal and calculates an attenuation coefficient set of the test signal;
a plan component that determines a modification plan for a signal of interest based, at least in part, on the delay coefficient set of the test signal and the attenuation coefficient set of the test signal,
where the plan component is associated with the first transceiver antenna,
where the computation component is associated with the second transceiver antenna;
where the second transceiver antenna transmits the delay coefficient set and the attenuation coefficient set to the first transceiver antenna, and
where the first transceiver antenna receives the delay coefficient set and the attenuation coefficient set.
14. The system of claim 13,
where the plan component functions after the first transceiver antenna receives the delay coefficient set and the attenuation coefficient set, and
where the first transceiver antenna emits the signal of interest in accordance with the modification plan.
15. The system of claim 14,
where the first transceiver antenna wirelessly transmits the test signal in multiple directions,
where the second transceiver antenna wirelessly receives the test signal by way of a first path and a second path,
where the first path and second path are different paths, and
where the first path, the second path, or a combination thereof is an indirect path.
16. The system of claim 15,
where the computation component calculates a first delay coefficient based on the test signal received from the first path,
where the computation component calculates a second delay coefficient based on the test signal received from the second path,
where the computation component calculates a first attenuation coefficient based on the test signal received from the first path,
where the computation component calculates a second attenuation coefficient based on the test signal received from the second path,
where the delay coefficient set comprises the first delay coefficient and the second delay coefficient, and
where the attenuation coefficient set comprises the first attenuation coefficient and the second attenuation coefficient.
17. The system of claim 16, comprising:
an alteration component that alters the signal of interest in accordance with the modification plan to produce an altered signal of interest; and
a causation component that causes the first transceiver antenna to emit the altered signal of interest,
where the second transceiver antenna receives the altered signal of interest such that the signal of interest is received absent indirect delay or attenuation.
18. The system of claim 17, comprising:
a conversion component that converts the first transceiver antenna from an omni-directional antenna to a directional antenna and that converts the first transceiver antenna from the directional antenna to the omni-directional antenna,
where the causation component causes a baseline signal to be emitted when the first transceiver antenna functions as the directional antenna,
where the causation component causes the test signal to be emitted when the first transceiver antenna functions as the omni-directional antenna, and
where the causation component causes the altered signal of interest to be emitted when the first transceiver antenna functions as the omni-directional antenna
19. The system of claim 18, where the alteration component alters the signal of interest in the time domain.
20. The system of claim 18, where the alteration component alters the signal of interest in the spatial domain.
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 pin retention and assembly system, comprising:
a differential housing having a plurality of locking apertures formed therein;
a bearing journal extending within said differential housing;
channels formed in said bearing journal;
a plurality of modular locking pins having grooves formed therein and movable within said channels, said locking pins capable of locking the differential housing;
a collar positioned about said bearing journal, said collar having a body and a plurality of half-round apertures formed within said body; and
wherein said collar is rotatable to engage a portion of said body with said grooves.
2. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 1 wherein said half-round apertures are aligned with said locking pins.
3. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 1 wherein each of said locking pins has a corresponding one of said channels for receiving one of said locking pins.
4. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 1 wherein each of the locking pins has a groove formed therein.
5. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 1 wherein said locking pins are cylindrical.
6. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 5 wherein the locking apertures of the differential housing are asymmetrically orientated about the differential housing.
7. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 6 further comprising:
a side gear having a plurality of apertures wherein the number of said apertures of said side gear is independent of the number of the locking apertures.
8. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 7 wherein the locking pins are orientated asymmetrically about the collar.
9. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 8 wherein the side gear apertures are aligned with teeth of the side gear.
10. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 9 wherein the collar moves toward an interior of said housing such that the locking pins extend through said locking gear apertures and into said side gear apertures.
11. A pin retention and assembly system comprising:
a differential housing having a plurality of locking apertures;
a collar rotatable with respect to the housing and having a plurality of half-round apertures formed therein;
a plurality of locking pins having grooves formed therein, wherein upon rotation of said collar, said grooves engage a portion of said collar adjacent to said half-round apertures to secure the locking pins to said collar, wherein said locking pins are capable of engaging said locking apertures to lock the differential housing.
12. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 11 wherein the locking pins are elongated and cylindrically shaped members.
13. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 12 wherein the collar has an opening corresponding in size to the bearing journal.
14. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 12 wherein the locking pins engage the half-round apertures of the collar and the body of the collar to secure the locking pins to the collar.
15. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 11 further comprising:
a plurality of channels formed in the differential housing adjacent to the bearing journal, each channel sized to receive at least one locking pin.
16. The pin retention and assembly system of claim 15 wherein the locking pins are positioned asymmetrically about the differential housing.
17. A method for assembling a pin retention system comprising:
providing a bearing journal having a plurality of channels formed therein;
inserting locking pins into each of said channels, wherein each of said locking pins has a groove formed therein;
positioning a collar about said bearing journal and said locking pins, said collar comprising:
a body;
a support aperture formed in said body; and
a plurality of half-round apertures formed in said body and arranged to align with said locking pins; and
rotating said collar to engage said body with said grooves.