Sentences with phrase «test dummy seated»

The ratings are based on evaluations of how three - point lap and shoulder belts fit a child - size test dummy seated in the booster on a stationary test fixture.

Boosters earn a rating of BEST BET, GOOD BET, Check Fit or Not Recommended, based on a protocol that involves measuring how three - point lap and shoulder belts fit a child - size test dummy seated in the booster on a stationary test fixture under four conditions that span the range of safety belt configurations in passenger vehicles.

Boosters earn a rating of BEST BET, GOOD BET, Check Fit or Not Recommended, based on a protocol that involves measuring how three - point lap and shoulder belts fit a child - size test dummy seated in the booster on a stationary test fixture.

Not exact matches

The nonprofit says the driver's side seat belt did not have enough tension to protect the crash test dummy's head.

Many car seats that passed the standard sled test, failed in actual car tests, as the baby dummy's head hit the front seat causing high injury ratings.

Virtual Simulation Virtual Simulation involves digitally created car seat models and anthropomorphic testing devices (ATDs or child crash - test dummies).

A few minutes on YouTube watching videos of test dummy babies flying through the windshield because their expired car seat failed will quickly teach you the importance of NOT using an expired car seat.

They have to pass the exact same tests with the same dummies as the infant seats.

When you install the car seat using methods not outlined in the instruction manual, you are, in essence, using your child as the crash test dummy.

Something that would greatly benefit car seat research was first used in 1949, a crash test dummy.

They crash test the seats with what you buy them with and so if it doesn't have it that means it hasn't been crash tested and I don't think that any of us wants our babies to be crash test dummies so it's just best to avoid them.

They properly installed the car seats and then conducted 12 rear impact crash tests of moderate the severity with dummies strapped into the car seats, measuring how each crash would affect each body part.

Booster fit (no - back): A rating that reflects a booster seat's ability to correctly position the lap and shoulder belts in various test vehicles using a child - sized dummy, when used as a backless booster.

That's why at Consumer Reports, we evaluate the structural integrity of booster car seats in our simulated crash tests and how the seat belt fits on a test dummy representing an average - sized 6 - year - old.

This first launch of the Falcon Heavy carried SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster as its test cargo, with a dummy nicknamed Starman in the seat.

Marring those results is a safety concern stemming from the side - impact crash - test results: During the test, the cabin door panel hit the torso of the dummy in the rear seat, increasing the chance of injury.

Add new test dummies to the evaluation process — including a weighted model to investigate booster seat limitations.

The dummies used in the crash tests roughly correspond with a 18 - month - old and a three - year - old — these sit in child restraints on the back seat.

Likewise, in the side barrier test, the head of the dummy representing a 10 - year - old child, seated behind the driver, struck the roof frame in the Mercedes - Benz C - Class Cabriolet as the side airbag did not fully cover the impact area.

Details: During testing using unbelted, out - of - position 3 - year - old and 6 - year - old test dummies in the front passenger seat were subjected to above - regulated axial neck force.

This is because small differences in occupants» heights or in their seating positions compared with the test dummies could result in a hard contact and high risk of serious head injury.

In the side impact test for both models, measures taken from both the driver dummy and the passenger dummy seated in the rear seat indicated low risk of significant injuries in a real - world crash like this one.

IIHS tests vehicle seats and head restraints with a special dummy that has a realistic spine.

Dynamic testing of seats / head restraints requires a dummy with a realistic spine and neck.

In the frontal offset test, the Touran scored maximum points for its protection of the 3 year dummy, despite the fact that the height adjuster broke on the restraint in which the 3 year dummy was seated.

The test assesses how well the seats support the torso, neck and head of a BioRID dummy.

The Institute's dynamic ratings of good, acceptable, marginal, or poor are derived from two seat design parameters (peak acceleration of the dummy's torso and time from impact initiation to head restraint contact with the dummy's head) plus neck tension and shear forces recorded on BioRID during the test.

A vehicle's overall evaluation is based on measurements of intrusion into the occupant compartment, injury measures recorded on a Hybrid III dummy in the driver seat, and analysis of slow - motion film to assess how well the restraint system controlled dummy movement during the test.

Seats with good or acceptable restraint geometry then are tested dynamically using a dummy that measures forces on the neck.

The newly introduced side - pole crash test exclusively uses the small female crash dummy in a front seating position.

The side - barrier crash test now implements a combination of male and female crash test dummies, with the male positioned in a front seating position (as before) and the small female (new) in a rear seating position.

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.

The driver's seat became detached from the structure and moved sideways, together with the lower part of the test dummy.

Seat / head restraint combinations with good or acceptable geometry are tested dynamically using a dummy that measures forces on the neck.

In the first test, the seat belt allowed far too much forward movement of the dummy to the extent that its head came close to hitting the intruding A-pillar.

These vehicles are rated separately, except that the structure ratings for both vehicles are based on both tests, as are rear passenger dummy injury and head protection ratings, because no changes were made affecting structure or rear seat occupants.

In the Institute's test, injury measures recorded on crash test dummies in the driver seat and rear passenger seat were low in every category.

The manufacturers supplied information on basic vehicle and test parameters, measurements of intrusion into the occupant compartment, injury data recorded on a dummy representing an average - size man in the driver seat, and video of the tests.

In the frontal offset test, forward movement of the 10 year dummy was excessive and the head hit the back of the seat in front.

In the second test, the dummy's head brushed the window sill as it rebounded toward the driver seat.

The test involves placing a dummy, representative of a 172 - pound man, into the driver's seat and another in the rear passenger seat of a vehicle, then slamming a barrier into the driver's side at 38.5 mph.

When test dummies fitted with sensors were strapped into seating systems designed for three year old and one and a half year old children, reassuringly at the moment of impact these «children» were all registered as maintaining stable positions with minimal head movements.

In both tests, there were problems with the seats occupied by the rear passenger dummies.

A 50th percentile male Hybrid III dummy is belted in the driver seat (see «Small overlap crashes: New consumer - test program aims for even safer vehicles,» Aug. 14, 2012).

In the second test, the dummy's head contacted the frontal airbag but started to move off the left side because the seat belt allowed excessive forward excursion of the head and torso.

The test would use the THOR 50th percentile male dummy in the driver seat and the modified Hybrid III 5th percentile female dummy in the right rear seat.

From 2015 Euro NCAP added a new restraint test, a full frontal impact against a rigid barrier at just over 30mph with small female dummies in the driver's seat and rear passenger seat.

In both tests, the seat belt allowed far too much forward movement of the dummy to the extent that its head hit the steering wheel hard through the airbag (first test shown).

In the test, 25 % of a vehicle's front end on the driver side strikes a 1.5 - metre - high rigid barrier at 64 km / h with a 50th percentile male Hybrid III dummy belted in the driver seat.

In the first test, the dummy's head contacted the frontal airbag but started to slide off the left side because the seat belt allowed excessive forward excursion of the head and torso.