Ford is offering inflatable seat belts for the outboard-rear-seat passengers as a new safety equipment option on 2011 Explorers. The option will be available sometime between late April and late May, ...

advertisement 06-08-2010 TECH Children and Seniors Safer With Ford’s Inflatable Seat Belts Next time you stick grandma in the backseat of your 2011 Ford Explorer, take comfort in the fact that she ...

CARS.COM — Inflatable rear seat belts, which were first introduced by Ford for the 2011 model year, have been approved for use by six car-seat manufacturers, but only for some of their child-safety ...

But without a cadaver test, Ford couldn't know for sure how the inflatable belt would affect internal organs and tissues. Typically in cadaver tests, as the one pictured here run by the University of ...

The biggest news this past week from the automotive industry, in terms of safety innovations at least, was Ford's announcement it has completed work on the world's first inflatable seat belts – a ...

Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...

Inflatable seat belts have been around for a few years but they're just starting to gain international traction now—and soon they may be a common feature in almost all new cars. The groundbreaking ...

Every car is mandated to have seat belts and airbags to ensure safety for each passenger on the road, but Ford created the next step in seat belt technology when they installed an inflatable seat belt ...

Blend one part seat belt with one part airbag, explode, and what have you got? Answer: the inflatable seat belt. Ford Motor Co. has developed the world’s first inflatable seat belts for rear seat ...

Most seat belts are designed to stretch during a crash to reduce the force of impact on the wearer while still preventing contact with the interior of the vehicle. Ford has gone one step further with ...

Many safety factors are involved, from the flammability of materials used in the belts to their performance in an incident that involves multiple impacts. Jun 21, 2011 The Federal Aviation ...

Contact Evenflo online or call at 800-233-5921. Graco All models of rear-facing-only car seats can be used with inflatable seat belts, but only when installed without the base; all models of ...