An Airbag-Safe Infant Seat

971123

02/24/1997

Event
SAE International Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
A rearward-facing infant restraint (RFIR) planned for use in the front seat of a vehicle equipped with a passenger-side airbag has been prototyped and subjected to crash tests under FMVSS 213 test conditions-- including a deploying passenger airbag and a CRABI 6-months old dummy. This RFIR design is discussed in detail, including energy management assumptions, design objectives, and the preliminary development testing.
The RFIR prototype's design development test data are compared to a set of evaluation criteria. The results indicate the potential value of this rearward-facing infant restraint for controlling the motion, forces, and accelerations an infant could be exposed to during airbag/infant restraint interaction.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/971123
Pages
8
Citation
Goor, E., Browne, B., Gordon, J., and Kaiker, P., "An Airbag-Safe Infant Seat," SAE Technical Paper 971123, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/971123.
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Publisher
Published
Feb 24, 1997
Product Code
971123
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English