SAFETYNEWS 29/01/2024
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Thrilled to present automotive industry highlights from the latest SAFETYNEWS! In this feature, we've curated two key updates for you:
MOST NEW BOOSTERS EARN HIGHEST IIHS RATING
Forty-seven out of 54 booster seats introduced last year earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s highest rating of?BEST BET.
The?BEST BET?rating means a booster provides good seat belt fit for typical 4- to 8-year-olds in almost any car, minivan or SUV. Boosters that are rated GOOD BETs provide acceptable belt fit in almost any vehicle, while those rated Check Fit could work for some children in some vehicles. Seats designated “Not Recommended” don’t provide good belt fit and should be avoided.
Among the other new booster seats, one is a?GOOD BET?and six are rated Check Fit. None are Not Recommended.
Vehicle seat belts are designed for adults, and one job of a booster is to make them fit a child. IIHS has been?rating boosters?since 2008 on their ability to provide good lap and shoulder belt fit.
IIHS strives to cover the entire U.S. booster market with its ratings. The 54 seats added this year are made up of 36 distinct models; 19 are rated twice because they are dual-use boosters that can be used either in highback or backless mode.
The 47 new?BEST BETs (32 distinct models) range in price from about $25 for the Harmony Youth Booster Elite with LATCH to $450 for the Graco Turn2Me 3-in-1 Car Seat. Several options are available for less than $40.
“Booster seats are simple, low-tech devices that don’t have to cost a lot to be effective,” said Jessica Jermakian, IIHS vice president of vehicle research. “All a booster needs to do is raise the child up a bit and guide the seat belt so it is positioned correctly. The lap belt should lie flat on the upper thighs and not up against the tummy, and the shoulder belt should fit snugly across the middle of the shoulder.”
Booster seats are designed for children who have outgrown harness-equipped restraints. Children ages 4-8 are 45% less likely to sustain injuries in crashes if they are in boosters than if they are using seat belts alone.
Children should ride in boosters until a vehicle seat belt fits correctly by itself. For some kids, that doesn’t happen until age 12 or so.
IIHS began its booster rating program after finding that many seats didn’t consistently provide good belt fit. In the Institute’s first booster ratings, only a quarter of the seats evaluated earned the?BEST BET?designation. Now, the vast majority of boosters tested meet that high standard.
However, choosing a booster that is a good fit for your child is only the first step. Using it on every trip is the next. Many parents stop using boosters for their children too early. Others don’t use them all the time because they’re inconvenient to carry along for taxi or ride-hailing trips, for example, and can make it crowded for three kids in the back seat. Despite a relatively low price, access remains an issue for many families.
Using an age- and size-appropriate restraint on every trip is the best way parents and caregivers can maximize their children’s safety in vehicles.
Deaths in passenger vehicles of children ages 4 to 8 - the most common ages for booster users - rose to 15.2 per million children in 2021 from 11.5 in 2012. Deaths of children ages 9 to 12, many of whom still need boosters, rose to 11.2 per million children in 2021, compared with 9.7 in 2012.
New booster models for 2024
BEST BETs: These boosters provide good belt fit for typical 4- to 8-year-olds in almost any car, minivan or SUV.
GOOD BET: This booster provides acceptable belt fit in most cars, minivans or SUVs.
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Check Fit: These boosters have varied results depending on child size and vehicle model.
More Information: iihs.org/news
Author/Source: IIHS
HUMANETICS ANNOUNCES A DEEPER COLLABORATION WITH ANSYS TO ENHANCE HUMAN SAFETY
An expanded partnership between Ansys and Humanetics will unlock new levels of value and accuracy in the human safety engineering ecosystem
Key Highlights?
Humanetics and?Ansys announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a minority ownership interest in Humanetics from Bridgepoint, the global private equity firm that first invested in Humanetics in 2018. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and receipt of required regulatory approvals. Humanetics is a leading provider of physical and digital human safety systems and sensor technologies. Building on an existing partnership, the two companies will together strengthen the human safety engineering ecosystem and help propel the industry forward by marrying physical and virtual safety solutions with digital twins.
Humanetics is the world's leading provider of anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs), more commonly known as crash test dummies. The companyalso provides digital models of their ATDs, which are commonly used by simulation software companies, including Ansys, to create realistic simulations of crash events. Humanetics’ digital models of ATDs are highly complementary to, and frequently used with Ansys’ LS-DYNA crash test solution.
Humanetics also offers an innovative ergonomics software solution, RAMSIS, which allows users to create virtual vehicle interiors, custom Human Body Models (HBMs), and 3D occupants to evaluate ergonomics and comfort during prototype development. Combining Humanetics’ HBMs and RAMSIS with Ansys’ physics-based simulation portfolio through the expanded partnership will further empower human-centric product design, improve testing, and better inform decision making.
This partnership with Ansys will jointly enable us to further unleash new levels of innovation in the human safety ecosystem. We remain committed to working with all our existing and future partners to drive innovation in the industry.
“Humanetics’ mission is to protect humans in mission critical environments, by providing engineers with data that is used to drive innovation and improve control. Combining our safety and sensor expertise with Ansys' simulation capabilities is an opportunity to add value to our customers and save more lives,” said Christopher O’Connor, Humanetics CEO and President. “This partnership with Ansys will jointly enable us to further unleash new levels of innovation in the human safety ecosystem. We remain committed to working with all our existing and future partners to drive innovation in the industry.”
“Ansys and Humanetics’ existing offerings are highly complementary and enable an end-to-end solution for active and passive auto safety test and design,” Shane Emswiler, senior vice president of products at Ansys. “Deepening our partnership with Humanetics will not only enable further integration of physical test data with digital simulation data for our customers, but also has the potential to enable interconnected digital and physical offerings that will transform the human safety ecosystem.”
More Information: humaneticsgroup.com/press
Author/Source: Humanetics
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1 年?? Thank you for sharing these automotive industry highlights from the latest SAFETYNEWS! It's great to see that most new booster seats are earning the highest IIHS rating, ensuring good seat belt fit for 4- to 8-year-olds. The collaboration between Humanetics and Ansys to enhance human safety is also exciting news. Together, they can drive innovation and deliver more streamlined, accurate, and efficient product offerings. Keep up the excellent work! ??????? #automotiveindustry #safetyinnovation