- The innovation of Volvo uses sensors to help the belt adjust its load
- The company claims that it can help reduce injuries
- Multi-across safety belt will introduce on X60
Volvo may claim to be a part of a lot of history of the humble seatbelt, Swedish engineer and Volvo employee Nils Bohlin considering completing his three-point harness with the company’s way in the late 1950s.
Now, it wants to inject some serious smart in a very simple tool that has saved millions of lives in years.
The sensor, thanks to the input from the congestion of cameras, and compute tech on the tech on the upcoming EX60 (Sleek Little Brother of EX90), the new multi-adaptive safety belt of Volvo can provide the right stress in the unfortunate incident of an accident.
Most regular seat belts have three “load-lymph-igniting” profile variations that help to apply the right load to drivers and different heights and weight-to-weight.
However, Volvo’s latest invention has 11 profiles that suit traffic variations and the person wearing it, according to the Swedish marks, thanks to the real -time figures from the advanced sensors of the car.
The inside sensors can detect height, weight and seating positions of the residents, while the outer sensor suit can analyze the characteristics of an accident and send the data to the belt to “blink in the blink”.
And how will it help? Well, Volvo gives examples that in a serious accident, the large residents will receive a high belt load, while small residents in a low serious accident will receive a milky load to prevent common injuries to standard seat belts.
Passive tech becomes active
Volvo states that it base its safety innovations on research conducted in some 80,000 real -life accidents in five decades, helping to improve it with a continuous data feed.
It is one of the few motor vehicle companies that have a dedicated accident research team that is allowed to participate in an accident scene near its Gothenburg headquarters.
Thanks to this continuous source of data, its latest multi-adaptive safety belt will clearly improve over time through over-the-air updates.
Volvo claims that as it collects more data and insights, its cars will improve their understanding of “living, new scenarios and reaction strategies”. Clever stuff.
