Perhaps one of the most critical areas in terms of safety features in cars is the passenger s protection in side impacts.
Door side impact protection.
The purpose of this standard is to reduce the risk of serious and fatal injury to occupants of passenger cars multipurpose passenger vehicles trucks and buses in side impacts by specifying strength requirements for side doors limiting the forces.
S1 scope and purpose.
When a crash results from a side impact door beams can help protect passengers.
Mmi door 36 in.
It has been standard on every new volvo since.
Side impact protection system sips is a passive safety system in an automobile to protect against injury in a side collision developed by volvo cars.
The side impact protection system has been improved by putting energy absorbing materials in the doors pillars subframe rails roof and seats of vehicles.
Severe weather right hand low e impact glass full lite clear primed fiberglass prehung front door.
This standard specifies performance requirements for protection of occupants in side impacts.
A left side impact and the right front passenger in a right side impact.
Without door beams there is little keeping a passenger from the point of impact.
The effort resulted in the four tangible improvements in side impact protection that are evaluated in this report.
Sips consists of a reinforced lower sill b pillar and reinforcements with energy.