ESC

Brake Boost

LIVONIA, Mich., June 24 /PRNewswire - FirstCall/ -- Kelsey-Hayes Company, a subsidiary of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE: TRW), has developed a modular multi-piston pump electronic stability control (ESC) system with enhanced performance to rapidly build brake pressure independent of vacuum boost from the engine.

TRW's Modular Multi-Piston Pump Electronic Stability Control

Traditional brake systems rely on a vacuum booster that is assisted by vacuum from the internal combustion engine. But with the rapid growth of direct injection engine technologies, engine vacuum levels are trending lower.

15.01.2008 -- The EU must meet its goal of fitting Electronic Stability Control (ESC) on all new cars by 2012 and until then fiscal incentives should be offered to encourage take-up of this life saving technology, FIA President Max Mosley has warned.

In a meeting with Members of the European Parliament today in Strasbourg the FIA President called for the European Commission to honour its earlier commitment to speed up the widest availability of ESC as a standard item of equipment on all cars sold in Europe.

Studies in Europe and the USA show that ESC can reduce passenger car single-vehicle crashes by as much as 35% and yet the system is available on less than 50% of vehicles sold in Europe.

Mini screen on the key and MP3 onboard the vehicle

- Sensors are integrated in the main board. Sensor development is a core competency of the company and paves the way for affordable safety - for everyone
- Continental Automotive Systems has developed a new control unit for ESC that will reduce costs
- Sensors are integrated in the main board. Sensor development is a core competency of the company and paves the way for affordable safety - for everyone