Products for Passenger Cars

For passenger cars we develop and produce brake systems, chassis and safety systems and offer our customers products and systems solutions from the powertrain and engine management to sensorics, actuation and hybrid technology. A further area of activity is the realization of future orientated ideas towards the optimization of information management in vehicles.

Chassis & safety products for passenger cars

Just Drive And Enjoy Safety

Comprehensive driving safety as a core competence.

We develop and produce electronic and hydraulic braking and chassis control systems, driver assistance systems, airbag systems and occupant detection systems, windscreen washer systems, electronic air suspension systems and sensors.

Together with our customers in the automotive industry, we develop components and systems solutions perfectly matched to their requirements. With just one single goal: to assure the best possible level of safety for traffic participants in all motoring situations.

The Different Driving Phases – Normal Driving

Normal driving: information

During normal driving the driver is supported by Advanced Driver Assistance Systems such as Adaptive Cruise Control or Speed Limit Monitoring.

Drivers can maintain a safe distance to the car in front by means of an intelligent cruise control system and distance warning alerts. Lane departure warning systems improve lane discipline with the aid of camera data, steering intervention and haptic warnings. Lights are adjusted according to the weather conditions and time of day, speed restrictions are displayed and the radio or navigation device give traffic updates.

Electronic Brake Systems

Our Electronic Brake Systems are one of the most progressive in the world. They offer advanced brake engineering for all classes of vehicles, from compact cars to light trucks. We have a long tradition of manufacturing these brake systems.

The MK60 generation has been developed for the high-volume models of the European market. Our MK25E/A version has been designed for the use in luxury class cars, vans and transporters. The MK70 has been developed in the way that the box size has been reduced by focusing the design on the pure ABS function (smaller pump motor and implementing only the mandatory number of electronic valves, no cut valves for pressure increase).

Our newest and technologically most advanced brake systems, the MK25/60E and MK25/60A both offer high-performance electronics and hydraulics. A new generation of electronic brakes – the MK100® – will gradually replace the previous model series of brake systems from 2011 onwards.

MK 100® – The new generation of electronic brakes

The new MK 100® goes into series production in 2011 in European and Asian platforms. Many more car manufacturers in Europe, NAFTA and Asia have also already awarded or opted for the MK 100® and will be bringing it into series production in their future vehicle platforms. The positive response by vehicle manufacturers globally therefore proves that the concept and the technology behind the MK 100® is a success.

High level of integration ability

The new generation of the electronic brakes distinguishes itself especially by its high level of integration ability. The ESC sensors can already today be integrated on the circuit-board of the controller (PYA technology). In future, the control of the new generation of the electric parking brake will also be integrated into the ESC which results in no separate controller being required for the triggering of the integrated parking brake (IPB). A result thereof is a minimization of the number of controllers that need to be integrated and thus an increase of available storage space in the vehicles.

Speed Limit Monitoring

 

Speed Limit Monitoring (SLM) recognizes the speed limit and displays it to the driver.

 Camera System