Advanced Air Bag Restraints for Standard Size Car Drivers. Volume I. Executive Summary.

摘要

The report summarizes the effort to develop an advanced air bag restraint system for standard size cars capable of protecting the driver in frontal and/or frontal oblique crashes. The result of the work has been the development of a system consisting of (a) a small quickly inflating double air bag, (b) an energy absorbing steering column mechanically stroking through rollerless tapes, (c) a mechanically stroking padded knee restriant linked to the steering column, (d) an energy absorbing seat assembly,and (e) compartment padding. The system is capable of protecting drivers throughout the adult anthropometric range at velocities to 50mph as tested in sled simulated frontal,pitching,and angular impacts representing actual collisions. The design minimizes structural modifications necessary to achieve the desired impact performance.