Performance Evaluation of Slim Low-risk-deployment Dual-type Passenger Airbag System with Dispersed Inflation Pressure

Motor vehicle passenger airbags have been proven to be effective for reducing the possibility of passenger injury during a crash. However, the inflation of the airbag sometimes causes serious injury when a passenger is positioned close to the airbag. The United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 requires the use of a low-risk-deployment (LRD) passenger airbag system. This paper proposes a newly developed airbag system comprising two slim airbags mounted on the instrument panel. A series of tests were conducted using the FMVSS 208 test procedures to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system. It was found that the system not only satisfied the injury criteria of FMVSS 208, but was also effective for protecting passengers of all sizes.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-016-0068-z
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2016, The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
• Authors:
  • Kim, D E
  • Joo, Y H
  • Kang, M C
• Publication Date: 2016-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 689-696
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Automotive Technology
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
  • ISSN: 1229-9138
  • EISSN: 1976-3832
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/12239

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Crash injuries; Crashes; Passenger vehicles; Passengers; Performance evaluations; Test procedures
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01603139
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 2016 4:22PM