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LOAD LIMITER [1 record]

Record 1 2012-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Many vehicles are also equipped with seat belt pretensioners, which automatically remove the slack in the belt at the time of impact, and load limiters, which allow the belt to spool out so that the occupants can ride down the impact without being injured by the belt itself.

OBS

load limiter: term extracted from the "Motor Vehicles/Véhicules automobiles, Lexique anglais-français" glossary (1999) with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
CONT

[...] un grand nombre de véhicules sont également dotés de prétendeurs de ceinture côté boucle qui rattrapent automatiquement le jeu de la ceinture de sécurité au moment de l’impact, ainsi que de limiteurs d’effort de ceinture de sécurité qui permettent de détendre cette dernière de manière qu’elle ne blesse pas les occupants lors de l’impact.

OBS

limiteur de charge : terme tiré du lexique «Motor Vehicles/Véhicules automobiles, Lexique anglais-français» (1999) avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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