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Issues in Seatbelt Inertial Release
Technical Paper
2005-01-1706
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Initial claims that seatbelt buckles might inertially unlatch in an automobile collision were based upon the observation that sharply striking the backside of a side-release buckle with some object could cause the buckle to unlatch. More recently, similar examinations have formed the basis of the hypothesis that end-release buckles might be susceptible to inertial release under certain crash conditions. This paper discusses some examples of how test data have been misinterpreted to erroneously support these hypotheses.
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Bready, J., James, M., Smith, G., Tolman, S. et al., "Issues in Seatbelt Inertial Release," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-1706, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-1706.Also In
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