DEPLOYABLE HEAD RESTRAINTS

The object has been to extend and further develop the concept of the inflating head restraint system for passenger automobiles, with special emphasis on the development of totally inflating systems with self-contained fore-and-aft stiffness, and development of optimum head restraint shapes for oblique as well as direct rear end impacts.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Highway Safety Research Institute
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hilyard, J F
  • Melvin, J W
  • MCELHANEY, J H
• Publication Date: 1973-1-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 168 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Constraints; Crash tests; Crashes; Deployable head restraints; Design; Evaluation; Head; Inflatable structures; Innovation; Optimization; Protection; Safety engineering; Safety equipment; Shape
• Old TRIS Terms: Concepts; Constraining; Nhsb; Protectors
• Subject Areas: Design; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046203
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-031-2-281
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1973 12:00AM