They are still in your automobile, doing the collision sensing for air bag deployment and several other things.
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Nissan Motor Co. recalled 480, 000 vehicles globally, some 137, 000 of them in Japan, for the air bag problem.
One of its biggest selling points is that OnStar automatically provides emergency notification if an air bag goes off in your car.
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They had to make sure the space created between the Zoom Air bag and the mid-sole allowed compression and deflection of the Zoom bag.
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That means that even if an air bag is deployed, the steering wheel may go around or under it and directly hit the driver.
They simulated stray radio tower signals in UL's echo-free chamber (pictured here)outside Chicago to make sure the signals wouldn't accidentally trigger a car's air bag.
Firefighters turned on a portable heater to keep her warm in near-freezing temperatures while they dropped an air bag into the opening to slightly spread the walls.
This machine is a collision sensor, which knew in a split second to activate your automobile air bag and cushion the impact of your collision with the inside of the car.
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Other than a precious few secrets, like how fast a head plunges into an air bag or how much force a taut seat belt exerts on an abdomen, the dummies reveal little.
From those finalists, we then awarded points to cars that offer the following as standard on at least one trim level: all-wheel drive, leather front seats, an XM radio subscription, Bluetooth capability, cruise control, advanced air bag protection and remote entry.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Portland firefighters cut a hole through concrete and used an air bag and a soapy lubricant to free an Oregon woman who fell and became stuck in a narrow opening between two buildings Wednesday morning.
Now GM is trying to do something about those costs with an unusual ally: its own OnStar subsidiary, the wireless satellite service that can open your car door when you're locked out or send an ambulance when your air bag deploys.
These vehicles' front passenger airbags may not deploy in the event of a crash because of a possible problem with their occupant classification system, which gauges the size of a passenger and based on that whether an air bag should be deployed.
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The original micro machine motion sensor, technically known as an accelerometer, was introduced for air-bag deployment in 1991.
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Among Toyota's 11 largest suppliers, for instance, are three separate air-bag makers.
Traditional air-bag systems mounted in the car's steering wheel and elsewhere use a hot gas to rapidly inflate the bag during a crash.
Toyota said it had received five reports of air-bag problems, three in the U.S. and two in Japan, but there have been no injuries.
The Ministry of Defence said the 2m-long (6.5ft) device was raised from the seabed by a four-man Royal Navy team using a specially designed mine-lifting air-bag.
Because he didn't have a notebook handy, Mr. Gill sketched his ideas with a soft pencil on an Air Canada airsickness bag.
But Papworth only puts fluid in two bags, apparently believing the air in the outer bag would also protect the heart.
The UK remains the only country to operate a one-bag rule for air passengers.
One end of the bag is attached to an air hose on the surface.
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Later, the a tube can be passed down the throat or nasal passages so that air can be mechanically forced in by a bag or a ventilator.
With a full down collar, cold air will have a difficult time getting into the bag.
Duda's grounder down the first-base line with runners on second and third hit the bag and caromed straight up in the air.
The airline industry does not advocate either bag matching or 100 percent checked bag screening, saying it would slow down air travel and would not have stopped the September 11 terrorist attacks.
American Airlines was the first to announce checked bag fees, which have since been employed by US Airways and UAL's United Air Lines.
It pointed to air fresheners in the car, which could mask the smell of drugs, and a fast-food bag containing cigar tobacco, which the filing said was often a sign that the cigar wrapper had been used to smoke marijuana.
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