The report summarizes the analyses, design, and testing that were conducted to develop an airbelt restraint system for the subcompact car capable of protecting the passenger in frontal and frontal oblique crashes up to 50 mph. The result of the work has been the development of a rapidly inflating 3-point airbelt mounted to three stroke efficient energy-absorbing belt anchors. The system ultimately proved capable of protecting subcompact car passengers throughout the adult anthropometric size range at velocities exceeding 50 mph. In addition, the finalized restraint system is constructed of components that are oriented toward eventual mass production.
Inflatable Belt Development for Subcompact Car Passengers
1975
210 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Consumer Affairs , Human Factors Engineering , Automobiles , Safety belts , Inflatable structures , Anthropometry , Safety engineering , Collision research , Protection , Rocket propelled sleds , Crash tests , Computer programming , Air belt restraint systems , Compact automobiles , DOT/5A , DOT/4DZ/DB
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