Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Seat Belt Assemblies
fmvss · National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · Published 2005-08-22 · Effective 2005-10-21 · 70 FR 48883
Document
Document number
05-16524
Federal Register citation
70 FR 48883
CFR reference
49 CFR 571
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fmvss
Sub-agency
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication date
2005-08-22
Effective date
2005-10-21
DOT docket
Docket No. NHTSA 2005-22052
Abstract
This final rule amends the Federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) for seat belt assemblies to redefine the requirements and to establish a new test methodology for emergency-locking retractors. Specifically, this final rule establishes a new acceleration-time corridor, adds a figure illustrating the new acceleration-time corridor, provides a tolerance on angle measurements, and adopts the same instrumentation specifications currently found in other FMVSSs containing crash tests.