Delphi Corp. won all of a "major North American automaker's" new data connectivity systems business, the auto parts maker said Tuesday, May 27.

The company will begin supplying components for models built on several platforms as soon as model year 2010, it said.

"In this particular business win, Delphi has been designated the sole supplier for USB cables, ports and headers for this automaker," John Yurtin, product line manager for Delphi Connection Systems, Delphi Packard Electrical/Electronic Architecture, said in the statement, which did not identify the automaker which awarded the business.

The systems make it possible to connect such devices as iPods and MP3 players to "interfaces" in the vehicle, Delphi said.

As sole supplier, Delphi will provide the USB cable assemblies, integrated consumer ports and headers for vehicles built on a variety of platforms and slated to be made between 2010 and 2013.

Delphi has an engineering center in Vandalia. It has closed or will close several other Dayton-area plants in recent years. Part of a Delphi plant in Kettering is slated to be leased to Tenneco.

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