Airbags are back in the news as GM is recalling thousands of vehicles with roof-mounted airbags that can rupture. This can send sharp metal fragments into the cabin, which increases the risk of an ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Takata Corp, the Japanese auto parts maker at the center of a global vehicle recall, ordered its technicians to destroy results of tests on some of its air bags after finding cracks ...

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) is leveraging its expertise in safety systems for automobiles to develop an airbag for motorcycles as a part of the company’s efforts for safer mobility in society.

TRW Engineers position the side impact dummy (SID) and check instrumentation before performing a side airbag test. From the single driver-side airbag that was installed on all of the U.S. vehicles a ...

The question is which dummy has a more representative rear end? The auto manufacturers say they developed a dummy with softer buttock contours that "knows" when an air bag should be suppressed in a ...