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Hella Supplies Exterior, Interior Lighting for BMW 5 Series


April 2007
 Filed under: BMW Car News | BMW Headlines
Hella, a global supplier of automotive lighting and electronic equipment, is providing exterior and interior lighting for the 2007-model BMW 5 Series.

Hella, working in collaboration with BMW engineers, has developed the BMW 5 Series' front headlights and combination rear taillights. Hella also supplies the car's headlight power-washing system, interior lighting and reading lamps.

Featuring a clear-glass look, the Hella supplied twin-round headlamps offer a striking, jeweled appearance to the 5 Series. The car's base model is equipped with H7 halogen bulbs for low- and high-beam lighting, as well as four light-guide rings.
The 2007 BMW 5 Series also can be outfitted with Hella's Bi-Xenon headlamps that generate low-beam and high-beam lighting from the same module. A fixed, daytime running light is positioned next to the main lamp. As soon as the BMW 5 Series engine starts, all four light-guide rings automatically switch on for visibility during daytime driving.

When the driver switches on night-time lights, the light-guide rings dim, but their intensity level is controlled by the low- and high-beam switch.

Hella's adaptive bend-lighting system and static cornering light are available as optional equipment on the 5 Series. The system is controlled in real time by the steering-wheel angle, yaw rate and vehicle speed.

"The adaptive bend-lighting system works with both low-beam and high-beam functions and continually adapts to the respective driving speed," said Dr. Raymund Heinen, president of Hella Lighting North America. "This feature nearly doubles the low-beams' range when a vehicle rounds a corner."

The 2007 BMW 5 Series front turn-signal lights are equipped with seven high-power, light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged in a light strip in the "eyebrow" position above the headlights. The combination rear-lamps feature Hella's non- patterned lens covers, similar to the headlights, providing a clean, technical look.

Both the BMW 5 Series sedan and touring models feature a combination rear- lamp with 18 LEDs for the turn-signals, a reflex reflector and LEDs for side- marker lamps and Hella's parallel light-guides.

The sedan's five "beam-shaped," parallel light-guides are fed by one LED light source each. Behind the light-guides are two-stage brake lights that have two concealed bulbs as light sources and a red reflex reflector and white backup light.

The touring model divides rear lights into two parts, with the inner part on the hatchback trunk lid and the outer portion on the rear quarter panel. Its four parallel light-guides are divided between the inner and outer parts of the taillight but thanks to its special geometric design, there is no need for an optical separating joint.

Hella, a global supplier, develops and manufactures components and systems for lighting and electronics for the automotive industry, including driver- assistance systems to enhance safety and comfort. In addition, its joint- venture companies produce complete vehicle modules, air-conditioning systems and vehicle-electric systems. Hella is also one of the world's largest companies selling automotive aftermarket parts and accessories, with its own sales companies and partners in more than 100 countries. Annual consolidated sales for the Hella Group total $4.4 billion.

Hella is one of the 100 largest industrial companies in Germany. More than 24,000 people are employed in 70 production facilities, production subsidiaries and joint-venture companies. Nearly 2,900 Hella engineers and technicians work in research and development. Customers include all of the world's leading automakers and system manufacturers, as well as the automotive aftermarket.

Additional information is available at www.hella.com

Source: Hella KGaA Hueck & Company

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