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64nAirb a g s
Ra d io re c e p tio n
The a irb a gs lo c a te d u nd e r th e m a rke d
c ove rs infla te a nd unfold in a m a tte r o f a
fe w m illis e c ond s . In th is p ro c e s s , th e y
te a r th ro ugh th e d e s igne d b re a kin g
p oints o f th e u p hols te re d c ove rs o r
p re s s th e m o ut.
Be c a us e th e in fla tio n p ro c e s s m us t b e
virtu a lly in s ta nta ne ous , it is n e c e s s a rily
a c c om p a nie d b y a c e rta in a m ount o f
ignitio n a nd in fla tio n n ois e . Th e g a s
re q uire d to in fla te th e a irb a gs is n ot
d a nge ro us , a nd th e a s s oc ia te d s m oke
th e n d is s ip a te s .
De c e le ra tio n s e ns ors c ontin uous ly
Ra d io w a ve s – m e d ium -wa ve , lo ng-
wa ve a nd s hort- wa ve – o ffe r a w id e
ra nge o f re c e p tio n, b e c a us e th e b ro a d -
c a s t s igna ls tra ve l n ot o nly a long th e
gro und a s s urfa c e w a ve s , b ut a ls o a s
wa ve s b ounc e d b a c k to e a rth fro m th e
ionos p he re .
Fre q ue nc y- m od ula tio n (FM) p ro vid e s
s ub s ta ntia lly b e tte r s ound q ua lity th a n
AM. Ho we ve r, b e c a us e FM tra ns m is -
s ions re ly o n line -of-s ight b ro a d c a s t
wa ve s , th e ir e ffe c tive re c e p tio n ra nge is
lim ite d .
m onito r th e p hys ic a l fo rc e s a c tin g u p on
th e ve hic le. If, a s th e re s ult o f a fro nta l
c ollis ion, a d e c e le ra tio n is re a che d a t
which th e p ro te c tio n o f th e s a fe ty b e lts
a lone is n o lo nge r a d e q ua te , th e g a s
ge ne ra to rs o f th e d rive r a nd p a s s e nge r-
fro nt a irb a gs a re ig nite d . Ho weve r, th e
p a s s e nge r-s id e a irb a g is o nly trig ge re d
if a n a d d itio na l s e ns or h a s re c ognize d
th a t th e p a s s e nge r s e a t is o c c up ie d .
The e ntire p ro c e s s is c om p le te d w ith in
fra c tio ns o f a s e c ond .
In th e e ve nt o f a s id e c ollis ion, th e he a d
p ro te c tio n a nd s id e a irb a gs in th e fro nt
a nd re a r* a re trig ge re d if n e c e s s a ry.
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