A low mount air cushion restraint system (ACRS) was investigated to determine if such a system could be designed for the Vega subcompact vehicle to protect normally seated front occupants in 30-mph BEV frontal impacts. An ACRS was evolved in developmental form by conducting sled tests in which passenger size and position effects were also investigated. Sled test results indicate the evolved system would satisfactorily protect a wide range of normally seated occupant sizes in 30-mph impacts. Protection to out-of-position occupants, including children, was also assessed. The results indicate, however, that the system must be further refined to operate satisfactorily in this mode.
Small Car Driver Inflatable Restraint System Evaluation. Volume IV: Evolving a Low Mount Passenger Air Cushion Restraint System (ACRS) For the Vega Subcompact Vehicle
1978
115 pages
Report
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English
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Safety devices , Automobiles , Inflatable structures , Evaluation , Protection , Impact tests , Rocket propelled sleds , Children , Safety engineering , Air cushion restraint systems , Compact automobiles , Chevrolet Vega automobiles , Restraint systems , Occupant protection