PASSIVE AND SEMI-PASSIVE SEAT BELTS FOR INCREASED OCCUPANT SAFETY 720438
Developments leading to passive seat belts are discussed. A problem in semantics is identified, and a distinction is drawn between “passive” and “semi-passive” seat belts.
A low-injury passive seat belt precursor is described, having a continuous webbing loop for lap and shoulder belt and an emergency-locking retractor. The seat belt system indicates potential for improving upon present seat belt systems, and with identifiable modifications, being converted into a passive occupant restraint configuration, and being later modified to provide 40-mph crash survival capability.
Citation: Johannessen, H. and Yates, G., "PASSIVE AND SEMI-PASSIVE SEAT BELTS FOR INCREASED OCCUPANT SAFETY," SAE Technical Paper 720438, 1972, https://doi.org/10.4271/720438. Download Citation
Author(s):
H. George Johannessen, Gerald A. Yates
Affiliated:
Hamill Manufacturing Co., Division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Pages: 18
Event:
National Automobile Engineering Meeting
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
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