A NEW COMPACT EUROPEAN DRIVER AIRBAG SYSTEM

The use of the 3-points safety belt has saved a great number of human lives. Head impacts onto the steering wheel still cause deaths but, moreover, a lot of face injuries. Airbags are good answers to the problem. When the bag dimension is limited to 30 l, the protection function is achieved and most of the drawbacks are avoided. This makes low cost design possible. Some of the functions need optimization, while the inflator requires a complete change of technology as proposed by Autoliv and Livbag. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 864606.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • KOZYREFF, M
  • SCHAPER, D
• Conference:
  • THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON EXPERIMENTAL SAFETY VEHICLES, NOVEMBER 4-7, 1991, PARIS, FRANCE. VOLUME 2
• Publication Date: 1993-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1176-1180

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Conferences; Design; Drivers; Manual safety belts; Prevention
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ITRD Terms: 1465: Air bag (restraint system); 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 1772: Driver; 8034: Europe; 9149: Prevention; 1476: Safety belt; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Design; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00665039
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 9 1994 12:00AM