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After a slow start, auto safety's on a roll: Student Research Center - powered by EBSCO... - 0 views

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    ebsco info
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Nils Ivar Bohlin - Inventor of the Three-point seat belt - Natioanl Inventors Hall of F... - 0 views

  • Swedish inventor, Nils Bohlin for bringing  the expertise of his aviation experience to the world of cars.  
  •  1958) has saved the lives of many individuals unfortunate enough to be involved in road traffic incidents.  The Swedish aircraft company of Svenska Aeroplan AB ( SAAB) had been experimenting with escape devices for their aircraft and Bohlin had been working on these inventions.
  • Volvo gave him the opportunity to improve on the simpler seat belt in use at that time.   In 1999 he was inducted into the Automotive Hall of fame and in 2002, the year of his death, he was inducted into the
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    seat belt info
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Who Invented the First Seat Belt? | eHow - 0 views

  • Nils Bohlin of Sweden is credited with creating the first modern three-point safety belt. Bohlin's belt, which combined both lap and shoulder straps, was first used in Volvos in the late 1950s
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Why Volvo gave away the patent for their most important invention - 0 views

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    volvo gave up patent
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Happy birthday to … the seatbelt | World news | theguardian.com - 0 views

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    good info
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NOVA Online | Escape! | Escape through Time: Car - 0 views

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    pbs seatbelt info
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Volvo's three-point safety belt turns 50 - 0 views

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    50 year seat belt invented  
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seat belt inventor - Google Search - 0 views

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    pic of seat belt inventer
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The man who saved a million lives: Nils Bohlin - inventor of the seatbelt - Features - ... - 0 views

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    seat belt info
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seat belt -- Encyclopedia Britannica - 0 views

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    info on seat belts from britanica.com
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Seat belt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • its modern form by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin for Swedish manufacturer Volvo—who introduced it in 1959 as standard equipment.
  • A seat belt, also known as a safety belt, is a vehicle safety device designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop.
  • reduce the likelihood of death or serious injury in a traffic collision
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  • secondary impacts with interior strike hazards,
  • positioned correctly for maximum effectiveness of the airbag (if equipped) and by preventing occupants being ejected from the vehicle in a crash or if the vehicle rolls over.
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    great info
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Nils Bohlin, 82, Inventor of a Better Seat Belt - New York Times - 0 views

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    New York times artical on nils bohlin
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Three-point seatbelt inventor Nils Bohlin born - History.com This Day in History - 7/17... - 0 views

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      great info on Nils Bohlin
  • Nils Bohlin, the Swedish engineer and inventor responsible for the three-point lap and shoulder seatbelt
  • born on July 17, 1920
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  • 1959, only two-point lap belts were available in automobiles
  • only people who regularly buckled up were race car drivers.
  • high-speed crashes had been known to cause serious internal injuries
  • Volvo Car Corporation hired Bohlin
  • designed ejector seats for Saab fighter airplanes in the 1950s, to be the company's first chief safety engineer
  • three-point seat belt, introduced in Volvo cars in 1959.
  • Volvo made the new seat belt design available to other car manufacturers for free;
  • required on all new American vehicles from 1968 onward
  • 1959, engineers have worked to enhance the three-point belt, but the basic design remains Bohlin's.
  • Bohlin's death in September 2002,
  • seat belt had saved more than one million
  • 11,000 lives each yea
Garrett Warren

History of Seat Belts - 0 views

  • Swedish inventor, Nils Bohlin invented the three-point seat belt
  • Nils Bohlin's lap-and-shoulder belt was introduced by Volvo in 1959. Seat Belt Terminology
  • 3-Point Seat Belt: A seat belt with both a lap and a shoulder portion, having three attachment points (one shoulder, two hips).
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    info on seat belt
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50 years of seatbelts on OVERDRIVE - YouTube - 0 views

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      people talking about seatbelts
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seat belt - Google Search - 0 views

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Nils I. Bohlin - Google Search - 0 views

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    Picture of Nils I. Bohlin.
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Invent Now | Hall of Fame | Search | Inventor Profile - 0 views

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      This is a good site for info.
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