Side Mounted Airbags Evaluating the Risk of Injury to Out-of-Position Children

Author: Suzanne Tylko & Dainius Dalmotas, Transport Canada
Date: June 22, 2000

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side Mounted Airbags Evaluating the Risk of Injury to Out-of-Position Children

Side Impact Research Programme

Matrix for Child OOP Testing

Sample of Side Mounted Airbags

Seat Mounted Torso Airbag

Seat Mounted Head/ Torso Airbag

Door Mounted Torso Airbag

Roof-Rail Mounted Tube

Roof/ Rail Mounted Curtain

Test Dummies

Instrumentation

Instrumentation cont'd

Hybrid III 3 Year old Instrumentation

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

Response of the Hybrid III 3 Year Old Kneeling & Facing Seat Mounted Torso Airbag

Head/ Torso Seat Mounted Airbag HIII 3 Year Old Kneeling Facing Bolster

Response of the Hybrid III 3 Year Old as a Function of Position for a Seat Mounted Head/ Torso Airbag

HIII 3 Year Old Seated in a Commercial Booster Seat

Neck & Chest Response of the HIII 3 Year Old Seated in a Booster Seat

Interim Findings ….

3 Proposed Test Positions

Test Matrix

3 Year Old Kneeling & Facing Rearward

3 Year Old in Commercial Booster Seat

PPT Slide

6 Year Old on Foam Booster Seat

ISO Peek-a-Boo in the 2-door model

ISO Peek-a-Boo in the 2-door model

ISO Peek-a-Boo 4 Door Front Seat

ISO Peek-a-Boo in the minivan

ISO Peek-a-Boo in the SUV

Normalized Injury Response for the Peek-a-Boo Position by Model type

Normalized Injury Response for the Peek-a-Boo Position by Model type

ISO Booster 3 year old in the 2-door model

ISO Booster 3 year old in 4 door model

ISO Booster 3 year old in the minivan

ISO Booster 3 year old in the SUV

Normalized Injury Response for the 3 Year Old Seated in the Booster Seat

ISO Booster 6 year old in the 2 door model

ISO Booster 6 year old in the rear seat 4 door model

ISO Booster 6 year old in the minivan

ISO Booster 6 year old in the SUV

Normalized Injury Response for the 6 Year Old Booster by Vehicle Type

Summary

Conclusions

On Going Testing

Dynamic Testing

.AVI FILES

TC98-1~1.AVI

TC98-2~2.AVI

TC980D4.AVI

TC99-2~5.AVI

TC99-2~8.AVI

TC99-~10.AVI

TC99-~11.AVI

TC99-~14.AVI

TC99-~16.AVI

TC99-~21.AVI

TC99-~22.AVI

TC99-~24.AVI

TC99-~25.AVI

TC99-~28.AVI

TC9921~2.AVI

TC9922~1.AVI

TC9923~1.AVI

TC9923~4.AVI