New airbag and safety vest for motorcyclists

During the shell, it’s trying a host airbag mounting on the body. Then they take up the scissors. – What have you there, it is a life jacket?

 

But it is not a life jacket as Jan is wearing, and under the hood will not go to sea. The vest is a Helite Airnest airbag, an inflatable safety vest for motorcyclists.

It becomes a nasty blow to Jan when Adis Avdic trips vest.

– You can’t move your upper body. You become completely stiff in the back. Trying to move so it can’t, says Jan.

 

When the vest is inflated protects the neck, spine, hips and chest. It expands fully in just 0.12 seconds after it has been tripped. It happens quite mechanically, by a dense attached to the vehicle pulls out a sprint to the vest when the driver flies off. The example manufacturer Helite actual use is at the crash when the driver is thrown over the bike forward.

 

When the vest is dissolved gas leaking slowly out again. The vest can then be loaded with a new cartridge and used again and again. Inside find presenter’s conventional protective foam honeycomb. The air bag is sewn into channels in the reflective vest and consists of a super strong plastic bag that can be replaced with little trouble, perhaps during service at the factory.

 

– A bit of a dive life jacket, said Adis Avdic.

The airbag jackets are not just for bikers. They are already quite popular in other risk sports such as horseback riding and hang gliding.

 

They are sold to private individuals is still relatively simple. In motorcycle racing Formula 1, Moto GP, used significantly more advanced airbags.

They are built into the driver’s leather suit with reflective tape and do not need a rope to the motorcycle to bail out. Instead, a computer analyzes the data from the onboard gyros and accelerometers to determine if it is in process of a crash.

 

Then blow up the pillow in just 15 milliseconds. It has saved the drivers at the bust runs of over 330 kilometers per hour.

The presenters Adis Avdic and Jan working everyday on the consulting company Prevas. Adis Avdic is mechanical consultant. Jan is an expert in PCB design.

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