Small Car Driver Inflatable Restraint System Evaluation. Volume IV: Evolving a Low Mount Passenger Air Cushion Restraint System (ACRS) For the Vega Subcompact Vehicle

摘要

A low mount air cushion restraint system (ACRS) was investigated to determine if such a system could be designed for the Vega subcompact vehicle to protect normally seated front occupants in 30-mph BEV frontal impacts. An ACRS was evolved in developmental form by conducting sled tests in which passenger size and position effects were also investigated. Sled test results indicate the evolved system would satisfactorily protect a wide range of normally seated occupant sizes in 30-mph impacts. Protection to out-of-position occupants, including children, was also assessed. The results indicate, however, that the system must be further refined to operate satisfactorily in this mode.