INFLATABLE BELT DEVELOPMENT FOR SUBCOMPACT CAR PASSENGERS. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The objectives of the program were: To design a passively operating inflatable belt restraint capable of protecting the full anthropometric size range of right front passengers in the subcompact vehicle in frontal crashes up to 50 mph; to accomplish these goals with a system that is amenable to mass production.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-246 558.
• Corporate Authors:

  Minicars, Incorporated

  35 La Patera Lane
  Goleta, CA  United States  93017

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fitzpatrick, M
  • Egbert, T
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 39 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Automobiles; Compact automobiles; Computer programming; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Frontal crashes; Inflatable structures; Manual safety belts; Passive restraint systems; Protection; Research; Restraint systems; Rocket sleds; Safety engineering
• Old TRIS Terms: Inflatable devices; Passenger restraints; Rocket propelled sleds
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093499
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., DOT-HS-801-720-SUM
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00917
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM