RE: Alfa's side airbag

["Ev-Arch1" <mdg36@domain.elided>]

LUCA, don't believe everything you read on the digest--the side impact
airbag was developed - and patented - by a small safety related US company
named Simula, who now provides BMW, among others, with the ITS [inflatable
tubular structure] airbags that are housed it the "A" pillar.
Ev in cool phx [95!F]

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From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
Luca
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:41 AM
To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject: Alfa's side airbag


John H. wrote:
>In the seventies Alfa did much work on safety (including developing and
>patenting the side-airbag head protection,

John,

are you saying that the side airbag we are getting now on moder cars
is an Alfa Romeo developmente and patent?
You also say it's a 70s thing, aren't you?

I am amazed to know this, but I'd like to know your sources please.
Human achievement is something attracting me a lot!

Question: why side aribags are common on nowadays car and weren't
at all on 70s, 80s  cars?  I mean, my 75 is a '87, at leat 10 years
after that patenting... but it came w/ no front nor side airbag.

Luca


nodoubt,
"With dreams to be a king first one should be a man" Joey DeMaio
937, 75 Turbo, RM250


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