Test procedures for evaluating out-of-position vehicle occupant interactions with deployed airbags

The document "ISO/TC22/SC1O/WG3" currently discusses the standardization of test procedures for out-of-position occupants of vehicles with airbags.The purpose of the present experiments was to contribute to these ISO (International Standardization Organisation) activities by testing the major out-of-position items proposed in the draft ISO Technical Report, "Guidelines for Evaluating Out-of-Position Vehicle Occupant Interactions with Deploying Airbags". This was formally recognized as a draft at the meeting of the ISO working group (ISO/TC22/SC10/W93) in April 1990. Consequently, prospective test procedures were discussed that will enable to properly evaluate the occupant's out-of-position behaviour in relation to airbag deployment. Among the 212 cases of out-of-position tests provided in the ISO Technical Report, this report deals with the results of 30 cases that were experimented with from 1990 to 1992. A Hybrid III (AM50) dummy and an airbag three-year-old child dummy with driver and/or passenger airbags were used. The test results indicated the importance of the degree of dummy setting and the injury rating indicated by dummy responses. Therefore, the dummy positions of the 30 cases were studied, resulting in the selection of the eight most recommendable dummy positions. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 894848.