Visteon Lights The Way For GM's Technology Integration Vehicle at SAE
April 11 2005 - 12:35PM
PR Newswire (US)
Visteon Lights The Way For GM's Technology Integration Vehicle at
SAE Visteon's LED Front Lighting is industry's first road-worthy,
available application of technology VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich.,
April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC) is lighting
the way for the Cadillac STS SAE 100 Technology Integration Vehicle
with the industry's first road-worthy application of LED (light
emitting diode) Front Lighting. GM's Technology Integration Vehicle
was unveiled at the SAE World Congress, taking place at Detroit's
Cobo Center from April 11-14, 2005. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) Visteon's
LED Front Lighting provides unique styling opportunities for
automakers, while delivering a durable light with extended life,
reduced power consumption and reduced space requirements. Visteon
already produces LED rear signal lights and is the industry's first
Tier I automotive supplier to announce the development of a
"road-worthy beam pattern" application of LED front lighting.
"Visteon is pleased to work with General Motors in demonstrating
this breakthrough application of LED technology as a front-end
lighting source," said Todd Sheppelman, Visteon's vice president
and general manager of the General Motors customer business group.
"We've focused our lighting and electronics engineering resources
to bring our customers a technology that is functional and offers
styling flexibility to help them differentiate their vehicles." LED
technology has been available to vehicle designers for rear signal
light applications for nearly a decade. Moving them to the front of
the vehicle is a greater engineering challenge because of the many
light sources that must be arranged and focused to provide
necessary nighttime and inclement-weather visibility. Visteon's
expertise in lighting, electronics and underhood thermal management
resulted in a new approach to this challenge. This new approach
includes unique optics and a new method of light source placement
to direct the white light into a beam pattern that meets federal
requirements for automotive front lighting. In addition, LEDs need
to be thermally managed for heat dissipation to withstand
engine-compartment temperatures. LEDs also require precise
electronic current control over their operating range. Visteon's
ability to focus its range of automotive engineering expertise
addressed these challenges and, based on automotive production
schedules, is capable of bringing this scaleable-light-output,
production-ready technology to the automotive market in a matter of
months. An LED is a compact, solid-state semiconductor device that
converts electrical energy into light. The LED elements are
associated with specialized optics to create a beam pattern for
high beam, low beam, daytime running lamps, or fog lamps that meet
federal requirements. While LED front lighting can be customized to
complement traditional Halogen or HID/Xenon lighting, Visteon's LED
Front Lighting demonstration lamps are comprised entirely of LED
technology. LED-based headlamps offer several advantages to
revolutionize automotive lighting. These advantages include
flexibility in design, improved packaging, reduced power
consumption and long life. LED front lights are up to 55-percent
thinner than their non-LED counterparts, thus opening up space in
the engine compartment or in the grille to add styling options.
Since LED lights don't use a single light source but rather several
sources combined to achieve the required beam pattern, designers
have the opportunity to arrange light sources and provide a unique
differentiating appearance. This includes the possibility of
placing LEDs to create different daytime and nighttime "faces" for
a vehicle. Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier
that delivers consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive
manufacturers worldwide and through multiple channels within the
global automotive aftermarket. Visteon has about 70,000 employees
and a global delivery system of more than 200 technical,
manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25
countries. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO
DATASOURCE: Visteon Corporation CONTACT: Robin Pannecouk,
+1-734-710-5575, , or Jim Fisher, +1-734-710-5557, , both of
Visteon Corporation Web site: http://www.visteon.com/
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