ZF presents the first system in the world of external pre-crash side airbags

Lately, particularly in the globe of four electric wheels, we often speak about complex driver aid schemes, definitely characterized by excellent potential but still not entirely developed owing to the infinite instances that may occur in the conditions of an accident.

From ZF, a worldwide active technology group that supplies systems for cars, business and industrial vehicles, connected to the globe of next-generation mobility, comes an exciting system called external pre-crash side airbag, capable of actively increasing the safety of all individuals current in a car in the case of an incident.

A system relying primarily on internal side airbags, each with capabilities ranging from 280 to 400 liters, five to eight times bigger than a driver airbag, regulated by unique algorithms based on information obtained from on-board sensors such as cameras, radar and lidar, capable of functioning within 150 milliseconds of a crash, ensuring an extra lateral deformation area that can assist to decrease the deformation.

"We have shown that this security system has the capacity to significantly decrease the seriousness of passenger accidents in the case of side-impact crashes," describes Uwe Class, Head of ZF Systems Division "Our in-depth knowledge of the entire process." believe. act. Allows us to design and execute embedded vehicle safety solutions, such as this new pre-impact safety scheme,' ZF is presently the only firm to provide the complete variety of embedded vehicle safety techniques from sensor systems, algorithms and control units to active and passive actuators, and with this scheme, internal pre-crash side airbags will definitely showcase all its expexes.