Visteon's 2007 SAE Papers Offer Global Insight Into Vehicle Climate Control, Lighting and Electronics Trends

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., April 12, 2007  /PRNewswire/ -- Visteon Corporation (NYSE:VC) product experts from Europe, Asia and North America have collaborated to deliver global perspectives on automotive trends and advancements at the 2007 SAE World Congress, April 16-19 at Detroit's Cobo Center. These engineers have co-authored technical papers related to automotive climate control, lighting and electronics technologies that will be presented during the Congress.

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Interest in touch screen vehicle controls featuring haptic feedback is the topic of a paper contributed by Colleen Serafin -- a Visteon engineer -- and her colleagues in North America and Germany, Michael Tschirhart, Ph.D., and Rainer Heers, Ph.D. Serafin and Tschirhart will present the paper at the Congress.

"The increasing content and functionality that drivers bring into the vehicle cockpit, initially through consumer electronic devices in many cases, may also bring added complexity to the driver experience," explains Tschirhart.  "A fundamental challenge is how to design products that integrate important new features in a way that is consistent with the driver's limited information processing capability."

Managing this proliferation through touch screens with haptic feedback -- feeling a click or pop underneath your finger -- is the focus of this paper, for which consumer research studies were conducted in both Germany and the United States.

Another Visteon paper focuses on emission devices in the North American and Asian markets. The paper proposes a new evaporative emissions device that can be permanently installed in the vehicles' air cleaner cover without requiring service for 150,000 miles (the expected life of the vehicle). This Visteon-invented device is designed to reduce the level of harmful emissions from the vehicle. The paper documents some of the considerations of programming an absorbent evaporative emissions device in a 2007 production passenger car for the North American and Asian markets.

The Visteon technical papers will be available Monday, April 16, on http://www.sae.org/, Here is a complete list of the papers, by presentation date and time (EDT):

  Monday, April 16
  * User Experience in the U.S. and Germany of In-Vehicle Touch Screens with
    Integrated Haptic and Auditory Feedback (to be presented at 10:30 a.m.
    in room W2-68)

  Tuesday, April 17
  * Radiated Noise Prediction of Air Induction Systems Using Filter Seal
    Modeling and Coupled Acoustic-Structural Simulation Techniques (written
    only, no oral presentation)
  * Towards Development of Thermal Standards for the Design of LED Lamps
    (1:30 p.m. in room W2-66)
  * Construction and Application of New Field Lenses (TIR Type) for
    Automotive Lighting Functions (3 p.m. in room W2-66)

  Wednesday, April 18
  * Control Method of Dual Motor-Based Steer-by-Wire System (9 a.m. in room
    W1-51)

  Thursday, April 19
  * A Real Time Statistical Method for Engine Knock Detection (9 a.m. in
    room W2-69)
  * Subjective Odor Evaluation in Automotive Industry (2:30 p.m. in room D2-
    08)
  * Investigating Cleaning Procedures for OEM Engine Air Intake Filters (3
    p.m. in room D2-08)
  * Design Considerations and Characterization Test Methods for Activated
    Carbon Foam Hydrocarbon Traps in Automotive Air Induction Systems (3:45
    p.m. in room D2-08)
  * A High Speed Flow Visualization Study of Fuel Spray Pattern Effect on
    Mixture Formation in a Low Pressure Direct Injection Gasoline Engine
    (10:30 a.m. in room M2-29)



The SAE World Congress is a forum that brings together representatives of vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, government and academia from around the world for the exchange of ideas on the state of advanced automotive technology and business.

Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive supplier that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative climate, interior, electronic and lighting products for vehicle manufacturers, and also provides a range of products and services to aftermarket customers. With corporate offices in Van Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and Kerpen, Germany; the company has facilities in 26 countries and employs approximately 45,000 people. 

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