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For over 35 years, Methode has provided system critical solutions to the world's leading automotive manufacturers. With millions of our products in automobiles on the road today, we understand the importance of meeting stringent automotive requirements while bringing brand-differentiating ideas to our customers. Methode's significant impact on this ever-changing market was demonstrated by the release of MyFord Touch™, featuring Methode's TouchSensor™ technology.
Methode is... cutting-edge technology used to bring innovative products to market.
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Leverage Methode's Technology Toolbox and capitalize on one of the hottest automotive interior design trends to differentiate brands and models with unique integrated center-stack styling. |
Sensitive to touch yet rugged enough to survive transportation-industry requirements, our touch screens are designed for a long life of accurate and reliable performance. |
One of the fastest growing trends in automotive-interior electronics is to replace traditional mechanical switches with solid-state switches. Our solid-state solutions provide OEMs the ability to offer highly stylized interiors that revolutionize the approach to both design and development. |
IntuiTek haptic devices are the next revolution in Programmable Rotary Control to achieve precision control, on-the-fly programming of tactile feedback, push-to-select switching for multifunction use and more. |
Methode's Biometric Sensing, using multi-spectral imaging, enables identity verification based on the unique characteristics of human skin structure. Personal recognition from unique physical attributes offers a powerful tool for identity management. |
A leading provider of Bus Bar solutions, Methode delivers products that meet RoHS and REACH standards, as well as UL-certified assemblies. We provide sales, engineering and manufacturing support from our facilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Our experienced teams of engineers, supported by our regional design centers, collaborate with our customers to turn their concepts into high-performing, cost-effective solutions. |
A global leader in the design and manufacture of low-voltage drop power cabling systems, Methode offers total manufacturing support. From designing concepts and engineering prototypes through to high-volume production, our extensive line of innovative process allows for easily customized solutions to meet the most challenging power distribution applications. All our products are RoHS and REACH compliant. |
Methode offers three contact technologies for high current power connectors: PowerBud®, WovenBud® and the RK Series. All of our contact systems offer superior electrical performance, including lower resistance, higher cycle life and lower insertion force, to meet our customers' demanding requirements. |
Methode's electric vehicle connector for SAE J1772 level 2 charging is UL & CSA recognized and utilizes patented PowerBud® contact technology for superior electrical and mechanical performance.
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Universal Transmission SensorOur non-contact, instantaneous torque sensors have no speed dependency; can be directly immersed in transmission fluids and have an extended temperature operating range. This sensor can be used for AT, CVT and DCT transmissions, and measures both shaft input or output torque, and can indicate speed and direction within the same sensor. |
Sensor for Clutch Pedal PositionUsing a moving target with a magnet above a Hall element, our clutch pedal position sensor offers a cost-effective way of measuring limited linear position with suitable resolution, utilizing standard components. |
Cermet Ink Fuel-Level SensorOur printed cermet inks with fine conductor lines and spacing include resistors that are laser trimmed to meet tight tolerances, ceramic assemblies that are wear- and chemical-resistant, and a low profile that is ideal for space-constrained applications. Methode offers unique printed geometries to meet application requirements. |
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TouchSensor™ is the unchallenged leader in touch-activated user interface. Innovative field-effect technology requires no software, has no moving parts to wear out, and is field-proven with over 200 million digital touch-sensitive switches in use around the world. |
HapticsMethode's haptic sensory feedback offers revolutionary features that are not possible with traditional mechanical switches, touch screens, and encoders, including context sensitivity, precision control, and programmable tactile feedback. |
Integrated LightingUnique ring-lighting, text-lighting, backlighting and even dead-fronting solutions make your user interface come alive with expected ruggedness and unprecedented sophistication. |
Magneto-elastic technology offers accurate and reliable non-contact sensing of magnetic profiles and measurement of low Gauss fields. |
Robust identity verification using proven multi-spectral imaging technology that verifies unique characteristics of the user’s finger at the cellular level. With this technology, you can expect complete accuracy, in any environment. |
Methode’s non-contact sensing capacitive technology utilizes relative phase shift to determine displacement between fixed stator and reflective electrodes. |
A non-contact solution, eddy current technology offers highly accurate position sensing of a metallic target without the use of a magnet. |
Optical technology uses photo detectors, lens systems and code disks to perform non-contact, high resolution, angle, phase and absolute position measurement. |
Electro-mechanical sensing technology offers the discrete motion detection of linear and rotary contacts. |
Utilizing a hall or GMR effect sensor, hall effect technology is the non-contact detection of a moving magnetic target. |
Methode’s aqueous-based screen printed cermet, Polymer Thick Film (PTF) and inkjet printable conductive inks are used for a wide range of application-specific sensor substrates. |
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Kia Motors approached Methode to create a new, in-car infotainment system to debut at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The goal was to transform the automobile’s… |
The MyFord™ driver-connect technology project began after Ford thoroughly reviewed the current interior design and limitations, considering new and emerging technologies available… |
The automotive industry needed to measure the elastic deformation of the brake caliper, which is used to calculate the normal actuation force of the brake. To accomplish this… |
Approached by an LEV bike manufacturer, Methode was asked to create a single device that enhanced the quality of torque measurement, while adding the ability to measure speed and direction… |
Today’s vehicles are highly complex in terms of both features and user interfaces. Methode sought to design a system that would personalize vehicles for each driver. The system also allows… |
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| MAY 8, 2013 | Chicago, IL – May 8, 2013 - Methode Development Company (MDC), a division of Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI), a global developer of custom engineered and application specific products and solutions, announced the release of an improved development kit that allows engineers to create functional electrical circuits with a piezo electric printhead inkjet desktop printer, eliminating tooling and reducing development time.
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| APR 18, 2013 | Chicago, IL – April 18, 2013 - Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI), a global developer of custom engineered and application specific products and solutions, today announced it has been named one of “America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies” by Forbes for the second year in a row.
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| APR 16, 2013 | Mike Stibgen of Methode’s Power Solutions Group demonstrates the new SmartPower Stack™ at APEC 2013. Check it out here
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| MAR 18, 2013 | The SmartPower Stack™ is a fully integrated, deployment-ready commercial embedded system for high-volume solar, photovoltaic, wind, hybrid electric and electric vehicles, as well as high capacity uninterruptible power supply and efficient motor drive applications.
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| MAR 11, 2013 | Methode’s new SmartPower Stack™ (SPS), a state-of-the-art power inverter/converter is being unveiled at APEC 2013, the premier event in applied power electronics, at the Long Beach Convention March 17 to 21, 2013.
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| DEC 7, 2012 | Methode’s battery and power solutions garnered a lot of interest and excitement at the Battery Show 2012 in Detroit, MI this past November, and we’re proud and honored that Engineering TV stopped by our booth and recorded two interviews with us at the show.
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| NOV 29, 2012 | Chicago, IL - November 29, 2012 - Methode Electronics, Inc. (Methode) (NYSE: MEI), a global designer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical devices and a leader in conductive inks for printed electronics, will exhibit at the ID Tech Printed Electronics USA 2012 tradeshow, Booth # G04, on December 5&6, 2012, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif.
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| NOV 27, 2012 | Group Creates the Industry’s First Power Stack with Integrated, Deployment-Ready FPGA-Based Control System for High-Volume Grid-Tied Power Converters and Motor/Generator Drives.
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| JUN 21, 2012 | Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) and AgileSwitch, LLC announced today a marketing and technology partnership. As part of this agreement, AgileSwitch, LLC will provide leading edge IGBT gate drives which provide the highest performance for energy conversion inverters and systems. Methode Electronics’ Power Solution Group will supply state-of-the-art bus bar architectures and thermal management solutions in combination with local design capabilities and global manufacturing.
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| MAY 8, 2012 | Methode has been nominated for the 2012 Telematics Newcomer Award for its industrial-grade biometric fingerprint sensor solution for motorized vehicles. Methode caught the attention of the telematics industry by leveraging Lumidigm’s Multi-Spectral Imaging biometric sensor into a truly capable solution for rugged telematics environments.
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| MAY 8, 2012 | Methode was named a 2012 Automotive News PACE Award winner at an awards ceremony on April 23 in Detroit. The prestigious award recognizes automotive suppliers for superior innovation, technological advancement and business performance. The product innovation award recognizes innovations in new products or components or systems that have significant market impact and act as “game changers” in the automotive industry.
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| APR 6, 2012 | Forbes recently identified what they called, "the most transparent and trustworthy businesses that trade on American exchanges," utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis to look beyond the raw data on public companies’ income statements and balance sheets to assess the true quality of corporate accounting and management practices.
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| JAN 24, 2012 | Methode Electronics Power Solutions Group, a division of Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:MEI), today announced its cable and wire termination technology, known as FusionLug™, is now Underwriter Laboratories (UL) recognized.
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| JAN 24, 2012 | Methode Power Solutions Group will have a significant presence at AABC this year, emphasizing its industry leading technologies, products and a global manufacturing footprint.
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| JAN 24, 2012 | Methode Power Solutions Group will have a significant presence at APEC this year with an emphasis on its industry leading power technologies, products and a global manufacturing footprint.
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| JAN 9, 2012 | Methode Electronics will be showcasing their first automotive-grade TouchScreen in Atmel’s booth (#MP2552) at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 10 – 14 2012.
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| NOV 14, 2011 | Hetronic passes its ISO 9001; 2008 audit and adds two new partners under the ISO 9001 umbrella, showing a commitment to quality and customer needs.
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| NOV 11, 2011 | New Hetronic RC Receiver - the RX ES CAN-HL translates to any mobile operation such as loader cranes and concrete pumps, but also has other field applications like mining, boat lifts and digger derricks...
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| NOV 11, 2011 | Hetronic's annual Partner's Meeting to be held on April 15th, 2011, in conjunction with participation in INTERMAT 2012.
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| NOV 1, 2011 | The independent panel of judges of the 2012 Automotive News PACE Awards has selected TouchSensor's Field Effect Technology as one of the Product Innovations to compete for the PACE Award which will be announced at the Automotive News PACE Awards Ceremony on April 23rd, 2012.
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| JUN 9, 2011 | Ford recently discussed the expansion of their fuel-efficient powertrains, in which the company refers to their new eight speed automatic transmission that will feature an input torque sensor that enables faster selection of the proper gear...
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| NOV 9, 2010 | Methode Electronics, Inc. has been awarded a next generation integrated center stack program for multiple General Motors vehicle platforms.
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| NOV 1, 2010 | November 2010 – Car and Driver Magazine announced its list of 10 Best Design details for 2011. Among the best designs mentioned is the Lincoln MKX Slider Controls on the center stack panel, built with Methode TouchSensor technology. These controls are...
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