A new vehicle restraint system from Rite-Hite safely connects trailers and intermodal container chassis to docks, preventing trailer-dock separation. The Dok-Lok SHR-5000 features a patented “shadow ...

TRW Vehicle Safety Systems has introduced an Active Head Restraint (AHR) system that it said is lighter, less complicated, and uses fewer components than competing systems. The AHR is independent of ...

Task: Given a vehicle that has been well involved in fire, responders will inspect the airbag restraint systems and determine how they reacted during the vehicle fire. In Part 2 of our discussion of ...

A dashboard finger scanner could prevent thousands of car injuries each year by fine-tuning crash restraint systems to a passenger’s bone density. The ultrasound scanner, developed by researchers at ...

OBJECTIVE: The responder will list and explain the conditions that must be met to deploy airbags in vehicle collisions TASK: Given a scenario of a vehicle frontal collision where airbags did not ...

As we enter the next chapter of occupant restraints – which focuses more on individual safety for different occupants or crash configurations – Matthew Beecham talked with senior executives of TRW ...

Rite-Hite is reinventing the vehicle restraint category with the introduction of the Dok-Lok SHR-5000. This new restraint uses a patented “shadow hook” design to secure traditional trailers, as well ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract It is generally accepted that the targets for fatality reduction in car accidents set by Governments in Europe, USA and Japan can only be met ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - Seventy-two hours to save Soldiers' lives. Seventy-two hours to assess, design, fabricate, integrate, test, adapt and produce a universal restraint system to ensure ...