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Delphi Energy Engineer Receives 'Boss' Kettering Honor

29 April 1999

Delphi Energy Engineer Receives 'Boss' Kettering Honor

    FLINT, Mich., April 29 -- Raymond 0. Butler Jr., an engineer
at Delphi Energy, and a team of inventors took home a 'Boss' Kettering Award
for their development of AccuWheel, a method for sensing engine rotational
position and speed.  General Motors annually bestows the 'Boss'
Kettering Awards to Delphi and GM inventors whose ideas are successfully
implemented and have made an impact on the automobile industry.  This year
Delphi and GM engineers and scientists were honored for their contributions on
nine major developments, including AccuWheel.
    Dr. Bruno P. Lequesne and Thaddeus Schroeder of Delphi Research and
Development in Warren, Mich., and Anthony Marks of GM Powertrain in Pontiac,
Mich., joined Butler as the award recipients on AccuWheel.  AccuWheel's first
applications came on the 1997 Chevrolet Corvette and the 1998 Chevrolet Camaro
and Pontiac Firebird.  AccuWheel allows for tighter emissions control because
of more accurate spark timing and faster, more consistent starts.
    "History and tradition are the two things associated with the 'Boss'
Kettering Award that few honors in this field can replicate," said Donald L.
Runkle, president of Delphi Energy.  "It is an opportunity for an inventor to
be associated with the name of the man who took creation to a higher standard
and changed the face of the automobile industry."
    The award is named for Charles 'Boss' Kettering, the first vice president
of the GM Research Laboratories.  Kettering had more than 140 patents in his
career at GM.  In the 23 years since the award's inception, 430 individuals
have been recognized for 160 inventions.
   Delphi Energy & Engine Management Systems is a division of Delphi
Automotive Systems, with lead responsibility for the generation, conversion
and storage of electrical energy; the flow of air and fuel into an engine; the
combustion process; and the cleaning of exhaust emissions.  Headquartered in
Flint, Mich., the division employs more than 28,600 men and women in 27 wholly
owned manufacturing plants, 9 joint ventures, 11 engineering centers and 23
sales offices in 23 countries.
    Delphi Automotive Systems , with headquarters in Troy, Mich.,
USA, is a world leader in automotive component and systems technology.
Delphi's three business sectors -- Dynamics & Propulsion; Safety, Thermal &
Electrical Architecture; and Electronics & Mobile Communications -- provide
comprehensive product solutions to complex customer needs.  Delphi has more
than 196,000 employees and operates 168 wholly owned manufacturing sites, 51
customer centers and sales offices, and 27 technical centers in 36 countries.
Regional headquarters are located in Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo.  Delphi can
be found on the Internet at http://www.delphiauto.com.