Sentences with phrase «frontal crash dummy»
Another reason is that the frontal crash dummy IIHS uses in the small overlap test isn't good at measuring risks from lateral forces.
http://www.iihs.org/ Not exact matches
Small greasepaint marks on the side curtain airbag show that the dummy's head motion was well controlled as it moved forward into the frontal airbag and then back toward the seat during the crash.
Frontal airbag coverage proved difficult, though, as crash forces tended to move dummies toward the A-pillars.
During the crash, the dummy's head barely contacted the frontal airbag before sliding off to the left, and the side curtain airbag deployed too late (after the time shown in the freeze frame) to offer any head protection, leaving the dummy's head exposed to contact with side structure and outside objects.
On Wednesday, the Institute revised its web site, stating that the dummy was not properly calibrated during the test and giving the Patriot the highest crash test rating for frontal protection.
After the dummy moved forward into the frontal airbag, its head contacted the side curtain airbag, which had deployed during the crash.
During the crash, the dummy's head contacted the frontal airbag but then mostly slid off the left side.
Each year, NHTSA spends about $ 1.5 million to conduct full frontal crash tests on 30 to 35 new vehicles equipped with instrumented dummies.
«Inside IIHS: Frontal offset testing» explains the differences between the Institute's two frontal crash tests and demonstrates how structural performance, dummy injury measures and restraint systems affect a vehicle's frontal Frontal offset testing» explains the differences between the Institute's two frontal crash tests and demonstrates how structural performance, dummy injury measures and restraint systems affect a vehicle's frontal frontal crash tests and demonstrates how structural performance, dummy injury measures and restraint systems affect a vehicle's frontal frontal rating.
Revised for 2011, the frontal crash safety test incorporates a crash dummy representative of a small - size female in the front passenger's seat and, as before, an average - size male crash dummy in the driver's seat.
During the crash, the dummy's head contacted the frontal airbag but slid off the left side as the steering column moved to the right, and the head hit the intruding A-pillar.
During the crash, the steering column moved so far to the right that the dummy's head and chest completely missed contacting the frontal airbag.
Side crash dummies do a better job of this but can't record much of the frontal action in these tests.
«We started with one crash condition — the frontal crash — and one dummy simulating an average - sized male.
The intruding instrument panel and steering wheel essentially pinned the dummy's head in a narrow space between the seat back and frontal airbag during much of the crash.
During the crash, the seat belt allowed the dummy's head and torso to move too far forward into a gap between the frontal and side airbags.
The first two focused on crash test dummies and frontal crash testing.
Earlier installments focused on crash test dummies, frontal crash testing and roof strength testing.
During the crash, the dummy's head slipped into the gap between the narrow frontal airbag and the side curtain airbag, which does not extend far enough forward.
The dummy's head barely contacted the frontal airbag before sliding off the right side, allowing the head to move far enough forward to hit the upper trim panel on the door, which was partially dislodged during the crash.
The frontal airbag module also detached from the steering column, which didn't appear to affect the dummy's movement because it occurred relatively late in the crash.