DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF INTEGRATED SEAT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH WAS TO DEVELOP, FABRICATE AND TEST SEAT AND RESTRAINT SYSTEM COMBINATIONS DESIGNED TO OFFER A LEVEL OF PROTECTION EXCEEDING THAT FOUND IN CURRENT PRODUCTION SEATS AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS A SERIES OF ANALYTICAL STUDIES WERE CARRIED OUT USING TWO-AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF AN AUTOMOBILE CRASH VICTIM. THESE STUDIES, IN COMBINATION WITH A SURVEY OF THE STATE OF THE ART OF SEATING AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, WERE USED TO FORMULATE DESIGN CONCEPTS OF INTEGRATED SEAT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. THE MOST PROMISING OF THE ACTIVE SYSTEMS WAS FABRICATED AND SUBJECTED TO FRONT, OBLIQUE, SIDE AND REAR IMPACT TESTS USING ANTHROPOMETRIC DUMMIES. THE RESULTS OF THESE TESTS WERE COMPARED WITH CURRENT PRODUCTION SEATING SYSTEMS AND WITH THE INITIAL PREDICTIONS OF THE MATHEMATICAL MODELS. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE CONCERNING PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES FOR INTEGRATED SEAT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND FOR PASSIVE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • NO HSRI-71-122
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • Robbins, D H
  • ROBERTS, V L
  • Henke, A W
  • Raney, D F
  • Bennett, R O
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 78 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Constraints; Crash tests; Design; Mathematical models; Passengers; Performance; Safety equipment; Seats; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221989
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM