Development history:
From 65438 to 0952, John W. Hetrick, an American engineer, was inspired by a traffic accident, which prompted the related research work.
In August, 1953 and 18 obtained the patent of American auxiliary restraint system.
197 1 year, Ford installed airbags on several experimental vehicles. 1974, GM took the lead in installing the driver's airbag on commercial vehicles, and then installed the airbag on the passenger seat.
1980 65438+In February, Mercedes-Benz S series became the first car with airbags officially sold in Europe.
From 65438 to 0988, Chrysler began to install airbags on all its cars, and made a big TV advertisement to demonstrate the effectiveness of airbags, which really started the competition of safety equipment in the automobile industry.
1984, the highway safety administration of the United States formulated the federal motor vehicle safety standards (federal motor vehicle safety standards; FMVSS) added the requirement of installing airbags in Article 208.
1995, the us congress formally passed a bill, which provided clear rules and guidance, and required new cars to be equipped with double airbags as standard from 1995. Since 1997, trucks have been treated in this way.