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Development of Surrogate Child Restraints for Testing Occupant Sensing and Classification Systems
Technical Paper
2004-01-0843
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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This paper describes the design and development of a family of surrogate child restraints that are intended for use in developing and testing occupant sensing and classification systems. Detailed measurements were made of the geometry and mass distribution characteristics of 34 commercial child restraints, including infant restraints, convertibles, combination restraints, and boosters. The restraints were installed in three test seats with appropriately sized crash dummies to obtain data on seat-surface pressure patterns and the position and orientation of the restraint with belt loading. The data were used to construct two surrogates with removable components. The convertible surrogate can be used to represent a rear-facing infant restraint with or without a base, a rear-facing convertible, or a forward-facing convertible. The booster surrogate can represent a high-back belt-positioning booster, a backless booster, or a forward-facing-only restraint with a five-point harness. The surrogates were designed to meet geometric and mass targets obtained by taking the mean values for analogous dimensions in each of the restraint categories. Data analyses showed that the dimensions and performance of the surrogates are quantitatively representative of the commercial restraints.
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Reed, M., Ebert, S., and Carlson, M., "Development of Surrogate Child Restraints for Testing Occupant Sensing and Classification Systems," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-0843, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-0843.Also In
SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems
Number: V113-6; Published: 2005-07-05
Number: V113-6; Published: 2005-07-05
References
- Code of Federal Regulations 2002 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208: Occupant Crash Protection
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2001 Standardized child passenger safety training program Summer 2001 U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, DC