Ford presents its inflatable safety belts

During the last decade, we have seen cushions and curtain airbags find everywhere around the vehicles to better protect occupants face a collision, whether front, lateral or it comes from the rear of the vehicle.

However, here we present the Ford First inflatable safety belts for rear seats, which will retrieve the next year in the new version of the Ford Explorer 2011.

Among their main characteristics, we note that they unfold in just 40 milliseconds when there is collision. The belt being slightly padded, it provides better support, or even a certain comfort to wear. Padded but also very thin, it conceals an airbag place accordion, which will swell by compressed air was cold and thus pass through the walls of said belt to perform their protective function.

According to the engineers of the American manufacturer, this belt offers and at any time, better protection for its users, particularly children with or without booster seat, adults and the elderly, fragile ...