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Eaton and GM Introduce Displacement on Demand

Customer: Background Solution Results General Motors Eaton Corporation and General Through the interaction of two GM introduced Displacement Contact Information: Motors Corp. developed an key components: a deactivating on Demand in the 2005 Chevy Eaton Corporation innovative valve train technology, roller follower (DRF) and the lifter TrailBlazer EXT and GMC Envoy Automotive Group Communications Displacement on Demand. The oil manifold assembly (LOMA), XL mid-sized SUVs. For the 2006 Southfield, Mi 48076 technology, used on GM full-size Displacement on Demand model year, GM offered the sport utility vehicles and full-size enables the engine to seamlessly fuel-saving technology on nine 248-226-7191 www.eaton.com pickup trucks, improves the fuel deactivate on half of the engine’s different models, including the economy of the V8- powered vehi- cylinders when full power is not new Chevrolet Impala SS, Monte cles by as much as 12 percent. needed, improving fuel efficiency. Carlo SS and Chevrolet Tahoe. It is also available on GM full-sized “We have been able to “We have been able to leverage pickup trucks. Challenges our expertise in valve train and leverage our expertise The challenge was to provide hydraulic solenoid technology in value train and customers with a fuel-saving to create a unique system for technology, while also improving customers that actually changes hydraulic solenoid efficiency. the engine’s displacement based on the performance required,” said Jeffrey Romig, vice president technologies to create and general manager, Eaton Air a unique system for Induction and Cylinder Head

Systems. “The system can shut customers that actually down cylinders without any dis-

cernible change in performance changes the engine’s and without the driver even displacement based noticing, which can result in sig- on the performance nificant fuel savings.” required.”

Jeffrey Romig, Vice president and General Manager

-Eaton Air Induction & Cylinder

Head Systems Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company ranked among the largest Fortune 500 companies. The electrical group is Eaton’s largest division and is a global leader in electrical control, power distribution, power quality, automation, and monitoring products and services. Eaton’s global electrical product lines including Cutler-Hammer®, MGE Office Protection SystemsTM, PowerWare®, Holec®, MEM®, Santak and Moeller, provide customer-driven PowerChain Management® solutions to serve the power system needs of the industrial, institutional, government, utility, commercial, residential, IT, mission critical and OEM markets worldwide. Learn more at. www.eaton.com. ©2008 Eaton Corporation, All Rights Reserved, Printed in USA, Publication No. XXXXXXXXX/XXX, September 2008