http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20091106/ford-announces-inflatable-seatbelts-2010-models/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20091106/ford-announces-inflatable-seatbelts-2010-models/comment-page-1/#comment-399346 GripperDon Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:14:46 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=33253#comment-399346 They feel a bit thicker and softer They inflate in a bout 10 miliseconds They inflate during the very early part of the crash They support the head from rotating so much as a regular seat belt They provide a reasonable amount of side protection. The normal Inflatable seat belt uses a pyrotechnice gas generator located in the inflatable or transmitted from the top end of the inflatable. These use a compressed gas source brought in thru the buckle connection. A choice the Ford chose. They feel a bit thicker and softer
They inflate in a bout 10 miliseconds
They inflate during the very early part of the crash
They support the head from rotating so much as a regular seat belt
They provide a reasonable amount of side protection.
The normal Inflatable seat belt uses a pyrotechnice gas generator located in the inflatable or transmitted from the top end of the inflatable.
These use a compressed gas source brought in thru the buckle connection. A choice the Ford chose.

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