033-9900 User Manual Q6 (Advanced 6 year old) Rev. M
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3.5 Abdomen Pressure Twin Sensor (ATPS)
Purpose
To measure loadings on the abdomen e.g. from CRS with shields or belt loading
under submarining. Injury criteria has been set under UNECE regulation R129.
See footnote 8 below.
Description
The sensors are polyurethane bladders closed with an aluminium cap and filled
with fluid. See figure 9. The pressure generated in the bladder is measured via a
sensor in the cap. The sensor design was developed by IFSTARR and is sold by
Transpolis SAS. The bladders come in three sizes 30, 40 and 50 mm diameter.
The 40 mm diameter is used on Q6.
Figure 9.
40 mm APTS sensor
The ATPS are mounted inside a special abdomen assembly part number 033-
5005. This part has two blind holes for the sensors parallel to the lumbar spine.
The ATPS are inserted aluminium cap down and the sensor cables come out
through small holes at the base on the blind holes. The bladders are put into
Lycra sleeves to reduce friction and held in place with Velcro at the bottom of
the hole. The abdomen assembly is delivered with foam plugs to facilitate
8
ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/59/Add., Report of the Working Party on Passive Safety on its fifty-ninth
session, Addendum 1. Geneva, 9-13 May 2016.
