DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SIDE IMPACT TESTS ON MOTOR VEHICLE PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

摘要

The invention relates to a device for carrying out side impact tests on motor vehicle passenger restraint systems. The inventive device is provided with a structure (12) consisting of a seat (14) for a crash dummy (16), an imitation (18) of the lower area of a motor vehicle side structure and the side-impact restraint system (20) which is to be tested. The inventive device also contains an impact carriage (20) which is provided with a thrusting surface (24) which is assigned to the lower area of the motor vehicle side structure. The impact carriage (20) and the target carriage (10) can move in relation to each other in such a way that an impact can be created between the thrusting surface (24) and the imitation (18) of the lower area of the motor vehicle side structure at a given speed. The invention is characterised in that the structure (12) is provided with at least one imitation (28) of the upper area of a motor vehicle side structure and the impact carriage (22) is provided with a thrusting surface (36) which is arranged above the lower thrusting surface (23).