Technology – Page 102

Another camless system presented by LaunchPoint Technologies

Air and fuel supply, Engine, News_engine, News_Technologie, Technology

LaunchPoint Technologies is completing Phase II of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and test an electromechanical valve actuator. The technology (which is similar to the one presented by Cargine recently) enables reliable and cost-effective variable valve timing in camless internal combustion engines. According to Brian Paden, […]

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SKF innovates with intelligent wireless bearing technology

Engine, Engine materials, News_engine, News_Technologie, Technology

SKF launches SKF Insight™, an innovation in intelligent wireless technologies that are integrated into SKF bearings. SKF developments in various smart technologies now enable bearings to communicate their operating conditions continuously, with internally powered sensors and data acquisition electronics. “These innovations are set to revolutionize condition monitoring for bearings, especially in critical machinery and technically

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i-ART injection technology for diesel engines

I-ART Volvo injection technology in the new VEA engine platform

Air and fuel supply, Engine, News_engine, News_Technologie, Technology

Volvo Car Group’s new engine family VEA (Volvo Engine Architecture) will be launched this autumn with world-first i-ART technology that helps to cut fuel consumption in the new diesel engines. By featuring pressure feedback from each fuel injector instead of using a traditional single pressure sensor in the common rail, i-ART makes it possible to continuously

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PSA Peugeot Citroën is the biggest patent filer in France in 2012

Comfort, Eco-conception, Engine, News_Technologie, Safety, Technology, Vehicle dynamics

The ranking issued by France’s National Intellectual Property Institute (INPI) has confirmed that once again PSA Peugeot Citroën is the country’s leading patent filer, with 1,348 patent applications published in France in 2012. Anticipation and innovation are the keys to meeting the expectations of our current and future customers. The new patents filed in 2012

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Honda safety package featuring city-brake active system

Active safety, News_safety, News_Technologie, Safety, Technology

Under the concept of “offering collision-free vehicles to more drivers,” Honda Motor Co., Ltd. developed the “City-Brake Active System,” an accident avoidance support system (Similar to Volvo Car system), and bundled it into the “Safety Package” with enhanced safety features that also includes vehicle occupant protection technology such as side airbags and side curtain airbags.

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