Leoni presents battery junction box for EVs Leoni AG (Leoni) has introduced its battery junction box developed to enhance performance and safety of EVs. It connects and disconnects the battery pack with the vehicle's HV wiring system, including the power train, and auxiliary devices, as well as the AC/DC charging devices. The system features electro-mechanical parts, such as relays, melting and pyro fuses, resistors, busbars, PCB, and shunt. All ...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/21

it reached ASIL C safety compliance with its smart IVT (current, voltage, temperature) sensing platform. The Hall-effect MLX91230 and Shunt interface MLX91231 simplify the achievement of ISO 26262 ASIL C(D) architecture for critical vehicle functions such as battery management systems (BMS), smart pyrofuses, and high-voltage charging systems. Both devices integrate a wide range of smart functionality, including the microcontroller unit (MCU) wit...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/02

Autoliv operates fully automated PSS production line in China Autoliv announced that it launched its first China-built fully automated PSS (Pyro Safety Switches) production line at its Jintan plant in Changzhou city. The PSS can protect the occupants in the event of a vehicle collision. It utilizes pyrotechnic materials as the power cut-off mechanism. Upon receiving a trigger signal, an internal ignition device lights the pyrotechnic material, ca...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/30

Eaton to present safety-focused EV technologies at Battery Show Europe Eaton announced that it will present safety-focused electrified vehicle (EV) technologies at the Battery Show Europe in Stuttgart, Germany. It will present Breaktor circuit protection technology which combines the function of fuses, pyro switches, and contactors into a single coordinated and resettable device. Eaton Bussmann series fuses feature ratings of up to 1,000 volts of...

News  Updated at: 2024/06/11

nsor fusion and decision-making in ADAS, and is also the industry's first with launch-on-package (LOP) technology that reduces the size of the sensor by as much as 30%. TI's new software-programmable driver chips, the DRV3946-Q1 integrated contactor driver and DRV3901-Q1 integrated squib driver for pyro fuses, offer built-in diagnostics and support functional safety for battery management and powertrain systems.  For BMS and other powertrain sys...

News  Updated at: 2024/01/09

ther techniques and processes. The approach is 20-30% more cost-efficient than other battery recycling methods, and results in high recovery yields of more than 95% for nickel, copper, and cobalt, and, in the future, 80% for lithium.The unique and patented process works in several stages, combining pyro and hydrometallurgy. The pyrometallurgy stage, using high-temperature smelting without any external energy, breaks down end-of-life batteries and...

News  Updated at: 2023/08/17

as received a contract to supply its Breaktor circuit protection technology to a European vehicle manufacturer for use in multiple models of 800-volt battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The Breaktor technology is a new advanced circuit protection solution for BEVs that combines the function of fuses, pyro switches, and contactors into a single coordinated device. As electric vehicle power levels increase, the Breaktor circuit protection solution so...

News  Updated at: 2022/04/20

MTA, Italy develops power distribution unit “Pyro” for Renault On November 8, MTA S.p.A. announced that it has developed a new power distribution unit, named “Pyro” for Renault vehicles. For some Renault vehicles, such as Clio HEV, Captur PHEV and Mégane PHEV, MTA developed a 14 V power distribution unit composed of an output with a 200 A fuse, an output with a 40 A fuse and a pyroswitch on the 200 A fuse line. The unit is connected to...

News  Updated at: 2021/11/09

Takata purchases Germany-based SDI Molan Takata Corporation announced that it has acquired Germany-based SDI Molan GmbH & Co. KG, effective November 30, 2012. SDI Molan manufactures pyro-electric initiators and micro gas generators for passive safety systems, such as airbags and seat belt pretensioners and others. (From a press release on November 30, 2012)...

News  Updated at: 2012/11/30

Autoliv develops new airbag inflator Autoliv Inc. announced that it has developed a new airbag inflator APG (for Autoliv Passenger-inflator Gas), which uses hydrogen and oxygen with inert gas to inflate the airbag, instead of pyro­technic substances. As a result, there are no waste particles at all from the combustion and no effluent gases. The only side product is regular vapor. In addition, the mixing of the hydrogen and the oxygen takes place...

News  Updated at: 2012/02/28

Daicel Chemical Industries Daicel Chemical Industries has announced on November 19 that the company will establish a new company in Jiangsu, China to produce and sell airbag inflators. It will start production in 2006, and supply its products mainly to Japanese automobile manufactures in China. The company intends to put in place there a yearly production capacity of 2.2 million pyro-inflators for the driver's and front passenger's seat airbags, ...

News  Updated at: 2004/11/20