Commercials

Question 1

Achievements

Answer 1

1st to create:
- Passive keyless entry 1999
- Single motor multi-function latch 2005
- Single motor multi-function trunk latch 2007
(on Mclaren P11 and Aston Martin DB11)
- Single motor multi-function frunk latch 2015

Question 2

Financials

Answer 2

Shareholders - Privately owned and financed

Plimsoll 2017 Top 50 UK and FT Europe 1,000 (fastest growing)

Question 3

Design solutions

Answer 3

Safety Critical Systems
Power Actuators
Control Electronics Systems

Question 4

Primary Goal

Answer 4

Design, develop, distribute products that represent a clear departure from the prior art, while at the same time significantly exceeding current feature-function sets

Question 5

Why is it good?

Answer 5

Provides a combination of best in class features and performance coupled with a simpler design at a lower cost.

Question 6

2 Digitalisation

Answer 6

Integrated control electronics facilitate real-time response to any request and feedback for position status, performance, and environmental situations

Question 7

3 Connectivity

Answer 7

Able to adapt to future demands and evolution.

The products can be interrogated and reprogrammed remotely

Question 8

Efficacy Statement

Answer 8

A Chevalier linear actuator
weighing circa 80g can
drive a load of 600N
6 times that of any similar size actuator on the market today.

Question 9

Can Bus

Answer 9

CAN is the most popular since 1986,
All the nodes act as master,
Messages contain “identifiers”

CAN is highly reliable because of multiple error checks:
A: Acknowledgement errors.
B: Bit errors, 
C: Checksum errors, 
Stuffing & Frame errors

Speed: CAN supports up to 1MB/s.
Thus CAN is the default choice for connecting critical function ECUs(engine control units) in vehicles
(e.g., gearbox, temp sensor, etc.).

Question 10

1. Irreducible Minimum

Answer 10

The question that we faced was not only how to make the product smaller and lighter but how to maintain the known functionality and introduce new features and functions- pushing the boundaries of eco-technology (Ecomechatronics)