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1.3.6. Safety cushion of the driver and forward passenger

Principle of action
Feature of a frontal safety cushion
Malfunctions
Additional devices of safety of passengers on back seats
Limiter of effort of a tension of seat belts
Side safety cushions
Side blinds



Driver's seat and the forward passenger are supplied with safety cushions.

Fig. 1.58. Location of a safety cushion of the forward passenger


The inscriptions "Airbag" on a steering wheel and on a guard of devices (an area of coverage of a safety cushion And), and also the corresponding sticker on the lower part of a windshield demonstrate that this equipment is installed on the car (fig. 1.58).
The system of each safety cushion includes:
– the safety cushion and a gas generator which are built in in the central panel of a steering wheel (for the driver) or in the dashboard (for the forward passenger);
– the general electronic block consisting of the sensor of blow and system of tracking for gas generator igniter inclusion;
– the uniform control lamp located on a guard of devices;
– the additional sensor of frontal blow which is taken out forward.

NOTE
The safety cushion is put in action by the system supplied with the gas generator which at inflation of a pillow lets out smoke and allocates heat quantity (you should not be frightened – it does not mean the beginning of the fire), cotton is also distributed. At operation of a safety cushion the driver can receive the insignificant and quickly taking place injuries of skin.