- Volvo’s innovation uses sensors to help the belt to adjust its load
- The company says it can help reduce injury
- The multi-adaptive safety belt will appear on the ex60
Volvo can claim to be part of the very history of the humble security belt, considering that the Swedish engineer and the employee of Volvo Nils Bohlin perfected his three -point harness with the company returning to the end of the 1950s.
Now he wants to inject serious intelligences into a very simple device that has saved millions of lives over the years.
Thanks to the contribution of the multitude of sensors, cameras and the calculation of technology aboard the ex60 to come (the elegant little brother of the ex90), the new multi-adaptative safety belt of Volvo can provide the perfect tension in the unfortunate case of an accident.
Most regular safety belts have three variations in “limiting the load” profile which help apply the right charge for drivers and different height and weight occupants.
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However, Volvo’s latest invention includes 11 profiles that adapt to traffic variations and the person who carries them, thanks to the real -time data of advanced car sensors, according to the Swedish brand.
Interior sensors can detect the size, weight and position of the occupants’ seats, while the suite of external sensors can analyze the characteristics of a crash and send the data to the belt to provide the appropriate “eye” load “.
And how will it help? Well, Volvo gives the example that the largest occupants in a serious accident will receive a higher belt load, while the small occupants in a less serious accident will receive a softer load to avoid current injuries associated with standard safety belts.
Passive technology becomes active
Volvo declares that she bases her innovations on security on the research she has carried out on some 80,000 real accidents over five decades, with a continuous data of data that helps them make improvements.
It is one of the few automotive companies that has a dedicated accident research team that is authorized to attend the scene of an accident that occurs near its headquarters in Gothenburg.
Thanks to this constant source of data, its latest multi-adaptive security belt will apparently improve over time via live updates.
Volvo says that when he brings together more data and information, his cars will improve their understanding of “occupants, new scenarios and response strategies”. Smart things.
