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传感器与控制产品

1930
   • First high-temperature thermostat metals introduced

1933
   • First room thermostat introduced

1938
   • First one-inch motor protector introduced

1939
   • Three-quarter-inch motor protector introduced

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1940
   • Motor protection devices under the KLIXON® trademark added

1941
   • Production of circuit breakers for military vehicles and aircraft begins

1945
   • Receives Army-Navy “E” award for contributions to war effort

1949
   • 4370 appliance thermostat debuts; first major product for commercial use

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1950
   • Manufacturing begins in Mexico
   • First hermetically sealed thermostat introduced

1952
   • S&C becomes the world’s major source of aircraft circuit breakers

1953
   • Ships first fuel elements for Sea Wolf Nuclear Submarine

1954
   • First hermetic motor protector introduced
   • Sine switch launched, entry to precision position switches for military
   • First patents issued for pressure temperature bonding process

1955
   • Motor protector assembly begins at plant in Holland

1956
   • 3 Phase bimetal breaker introduced
   • Receives license to fabricate reactor core modules
   • Removable fry pan probe introduced

1959
   • Merger with Texas Instruments Incorporated

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1960
   • Tubular Protector for fluorescent light ballasts developed

1962
   • Hermetically sealed tubular protectors introduced

1963
   • First pressure switch using a snap-action sensor disc introduced
   • Copper-clad aluminum wire bonding process developed

1964
   • Electronic clothes dryer control introduced
   • High-volume contract awarded to supply connectors to IBM

1965
   • First miniature aircraft breakers introduced
   • Contracted to create switches for the Apollo Command Module, Lunar Rover
   • Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) technology introduced
   • $30 million contract awarded by U.S. Mint for clad coinage

1966
   • First electronic connector business secured
   • First PTC heaters introduced

1969
   • Stainless clad aluminum disclosure filed

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1970
   • Stainless-steel aluminum shipped for first volume automotive application

1971
   • Calculator keyboard using discs introduced

1972
   • Military connector product line launched
   • First PTC electric choke introduced

1974
   • 5TI programmable controller introduced
   • Manufacturing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, commences

1975
   • 8AM PTC Motor-starting device introduced
   • Crimp-sealed appliance protector introduced

1976
   • Electronic controls for microwave oven introduced

1979
   • PTC early evaporation device for 1980 Chevette produced

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1980
   • S&C’s Appliance Electronics unit ships first electronic wall thermostat

1981
   • First free-disc pressure switch introduced
   • Work begins on Statue of Liberty restoration project

1983
   • First 8EA PTC starter produced
   • Aguascalientes, Mexico, selected as site for expansion

1985
   • 4TM motor protector introduced

1988
   • Automotive Pressure Transducer (APT) production launches for GM
   • Automotive Pressure Transducer produced for Nissan air conditioners
   • TI-RFID introduced for Automatic Rapid Frequency Identification

1989
   • Implantable TIRIS™ transporter introduced

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1990
   • First battery protector introduced
   • First family of SP Combination Start and Protect Devices introduced

1992
   • Low-g accelerometer introduced
   • TIRIS read/write transponder debuts

1994

   • Transmission Range Sensor production launches for Ford
   • TI-RFID vehicle immobilizer developed

1995
   • Development of DuraFoil™ material

1996

   • Plant opens in Baoying, China
   • Construction begins on new facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico

1997
   • Mobil Oil selects TIRIS for use in Speed Pass pay-at-pump transactions
   • Industry's first c24x low-cost motor controller introduced
   • Land Grid Array (LGA) burn-in sockets selected by Intel for Pentium II
   • High-Volume Manufacturing of 0.5mm pitch Chip Scale Package (CSP) begins

1998
   • Wholly-owned China manufacturing operation opens in Baoying
   • TIRIS announces Tag-It™ SMART label technology

1999
   • Production of DuraFoil™ material begins
   • Subcontracting agreement signed with Videoton in Hungary
   • Tag-It™ SMART label low-cost RFID Transponder introduced
   • Micro-Silicon Strain Gauge sensor introduced

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2003
   • Automotive passive entry system using an RFID-enabled key created

2004
   • ARC Shield™ introduced (fault circuit Interrupter)
   • Second plant in China opens in Changzhou Province after acquisition of the motor protector business of Chengheng Company.
 

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