SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF SHAPED STEERING ASSEMBLY AIRBAG

This paper discusses a program wherein studies were made of forward force simulations of crashes and destructive barrier crashes using a shaped steering assembly airbag. It was shown that the airbag was offered the best protection when compared with the performance of lap belts and lap and shoulder belt combinations. This shaped airbag deploys between the abdomen and the steering wheel and between the head and the steering wheel, thus providing protection of these two important areas.

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • PATRICK, L M
  • Nyquist, G W
  • Trosien, K R
• Conference:
  • Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 434-471
• Serial:
  • Volume: 16

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abdomen; Air bags; Crash tests; Crashes; Head; Shoulder harnesses; Simulation; Steering gears; Testing; Traffic barriers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers
• Old TRIS Terms: Shoulder harness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097168
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7607, DOT-HS-053-1-168
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 10 1975 12:00AM