US 11,757,273 B2
Rotary cable management system for sensor platforms
Nathaniel Barrett Herse, San Francisco, CA (US); and Roger Lo, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,010.
Application 17/700,010 is a continuation of application No. 16/589,079, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,316,334.
Prior Publication US 2022/0209520 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02G 11/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G01D 11/30 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC H02G 11/02 (2013.01) [G01D 11/30 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); H05K 1/0277 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10356 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a sensor positioning platform comprising a sensor carrier structure rotatably coupled to a base, wherein the sensor carrier structure comprises one or more sensors and the base comprises an actuator system configured to rotate the sensor carrier structure relative to the base;
a rotary cable assembly on the sensor positioning platform, the rotary cable assembly comprising a spool, a sidewall surrounding the spool to form a cavity therein, and a shaft extending from the spool, a flexible electrical cable stored by the spool in a coiled configuration within the rotary cable assembly, and a circuit board; and
one or more electrical cables connecting the one or more sensors on the sensor carrier structure to a connector on the circuit board of the rotary cable assembly.