Airbags

Two front airbags with a nontoxic pyrotechnic charge and two lateral, located in the front doors, at the same time protect the driver and the passenger sitting next to.

The response time of the front airbag is 40 to 60 ms, the side airbag - 20 ms.

Sedan and T-Model station wagon equipped with a pressure sensitive touch seal, located in the skin of the right front seat (Fig. 1.6), which automatically determines whether the passenger seat. Conductive tape pads are connected to the control system adjusting the seatback. If the passenger seat is loaded with a mass of more than 12 kg, the touch pad provides an appropriate signal to the airbag electronics, which, depending on the nature of the collision activates the right bag, belt or side air bags.

The limit for the mass of 12 kg is required to sensors mistakenly did not take shopping bags or "diplomat" in the front seat passengers.

Side airbags

Car Mercedes E-Class is equipped with side airbags (Fig. 1.7), which makes more effective protection against side impact.

The side airbag is located in the front door, it has a volume of 15 liters were full up to a thickness of about 7 cm.

For 7 ms sensor - the sensor - an accident determines whether the air bag inflates.

When the microcomputer produces a pulse on the operation, the 2 ms side air bag breaks the door trim, even after 13 ms, it is in operation, thus protecting the driver or passenger. In general, it takes about 20 ms to the founding of the air bag between the door and sitting in the cabin. to trace the side airbag deployment, had to use a high-speed camera that makes 4,000 images per second.