Patent technology of aircraft safety

Seat belts are indispensable safety equipment for vehicles now, and the safety of passengers in vehicles depends on the protection of safety equipment such as seat belts. As an indispensable safety equipment in automobiles, many people will think that seat belts were invented after the birth of automobiles, but in fact, seat belts were invented before the birth of automobiles.

The earliest seat belts were made by British engineer George? Gloria invented it in the early19th century, Edward? j？ Claghorn's New Yorker first registered this patent on1February, 885 10. Finally, seat belts appeared and were used in carriages to prevent passengers from falling off the carriages.

19 1 1 year, American marine corps general Benjamin? For a writer, it's Francois? Leaflets? Signal? Legion? 1 The airplane is equipped with seat belts, but its purpose is not for safety, but because in some wars at that time, the landing site was uneven and the pilots could not control the airplane taxiing well. The function of the seat belt is to better fix the body on the seat. But it was not until World War II that seat belts were installed on airplanes.

In the 1950 s, C. Hunter? Sheldon's doctor, in Huntington Memorial Hospital opened its own neurology department. Many patients came to see a doctor because of brain injury caused by car accidents, so they began to develop retractable seat belts for some common cases. His invention was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association published on1October 5th, 1955 165438. It was not until 1959 that the US Congress finally passed a resolution and established standardized automobile safety standards.

In fact, Nash and Ford began to use seat belts as optional configurations in 1949 and 1955 respectively, but people didn't pay attention to them at that time. Until 1958, Saab released the Saab GT at the new york Auto Show. After the 750, seat belts became the standard configuration of Saab models.

The basic three-point seat belt commonly used in cars now is Roger of the United States? W? Griswold? And then what? Hugh? DeHaven invented and applied for a patent in 1955, and later the Swiss inventor Nils? Bolin improved it and became the standard of 1959 Volvo models.

Until 1968, the United States stipulated that seat belts must be installed in front seats of automobiles, and developed countries such as Europe and Japan also stipulated that car occupants must wear seat belts. China issued a notice on1992165438+10/5, stipulating that all bus drivers and front seat passengers must use seat belts from June 1993.

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