Technological Trends in Occupant Protection Systems - Recent Research Challenges from the German Point of View

960663

02/01/1996

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
Sophisticated car occupant protection systems, such as airbags and belt restraints are becoming the most frequent safety devices found today. Within the span of a few years, technology has been developed to meet market needs as well as technical requirements. But today, airbag technology is still in the basic development stage.
The vision of car occupant protection presented here includes further development of “smart protection systems”, including overall safety management. Automatic restraint systems, electronics and system management will proceed to a new quality of car occupant protection. Future developments for occupant protection systems are, for example
  • crash-predicting sensors
  • Occupant sensing systems
  • Controllable gas release for airbag inflators
  • Performance depending on crash severity
  • Multiple bag deployment strategies
  • Alternative inflator systems
Overall safety management, including crash detection, airbag deployment, fire extinguishing system, side impact protection, new cushioning materials
concerning weight, performance and a rational cost- benefit relation.
Applied research has to challenge those requirements. The paper will give an overview of current research activities, including the German point of view of the Fraunhofer Society, a partner of automobile manufacturers for 20 years.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/960663
Pages
8
Citation
Schubert, H., and Ziegahn, K., "Technological Trends in Occupant Protection Systems - Recent Research Challenges from the German Point of View," SAE Technical Paper 960663, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/960663.
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Published
Feb 1, 1996
Product Code
960663
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English