DESIGN, TEST, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A WHEELCAR RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR USE IN BUSES

A contoured rear-facing restraint couch has been designed, fabricated and tested which protects wheelchair-confined passengers in simulated frontal barrier collisions at velocities of up to at least 25 mph and in simulated rear-end collisions. A cable system secures the wheelchair to the base of the restraint couch and is automatically engaged when the wheelchair is backed against the couch. A three-point belt system secures the passenger in rear-end collisions or during elastic rebound in frontal collisions. Plastic deformation of the couch framework limits g- loadings on passenger and couch even during severe impacts. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was published as part of the Proceedings of the 20th Stapp Car Crash Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Orne, D
  • Barak, E
  • Fisch, R F
• Conference:
  • Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1976-10-18

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 271-302

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Frontal crashes; Plastic deformation; Reclaimed rubber; Restraint systems; Simulation; Wheelchairs
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger restraints
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #760809
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM