"SMART" SAFETY BELTS FOR INJURY REDUCTION

This paper discusses concepts to further improve the effectiveness of Safety Belt Systems in vehicles equipped with airbags. Although safety belts have demonstrated significant benefit in preventing and mitigating occupant injuries, the addition of the airbag as a supplementary restraint system has introduced additional parameters for occupant protection which need to be incorporated to optimize overall restraint system performance. Generally, the airbag has contributed to injury reduction as an integral part of a total occupant restraint system. However, when certain conditions are present in a crash, the interaction between the occupant, safety belt and airbag may result in increased occupant loading over a safety belt only restraint system. This increased loading may lead to higher chest acceleration and chest compression.

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ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE (AAAM)

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Authors:
- Bernat, A R
Conference:
- Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
- Location: Chicago, Illinois
- Date: 1995-10-16 to 1995-10-18
Publication Date: 1995-10

Language

English

Media Info

Features: Figures; References;
Pagination: p. 567-576
Serial:
- Publication of: ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
- Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
- ISSN: 0892-6484

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Air bags; Evaluation; Manual safety belts; Restraint systems; Seat belts
Old TRIS Terms: Occupant restraint; Passenger restraints; Seat belt effectiveness
Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00714779
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Dec 26 1995 12:00AM