IDS Child Safety System Crash Test
IDS Truck Off-Set Crash Test
The Impact Dispersal System is a new invention that takes a novel approach to reducing force from impacts. Unlike other systems, the Impact Dispersal System does not absorb the force, but disperses it away from the point of impact.
Crash Energy IS Reduced Over Distance
In the IDS Child Safety System crash test, the cart was going 26 mph. The Sled Test Track has a hydraulic cylinder and heavy corrugated plastic sheets to simulate a crush zone and to give a measured duration of impact. Crash energy is absorbed or dispersed over distance. Most all systems absorb crash energy like the crush zone in a motor vehicle.
The same distance doesn't always reduce the same amount of crash energy. In the sled crash test, without the system, the hydraulic piston rod on the track moved 12 ¾" and the sheets allow about 4" with a total of 16 ¾". The IDS System reduced several times more of the crash energy with only 5 ¼" than the 16 ¾" of the crush zone. Where distance is very limited, we have found that 4" of stroke is very effective. The IDS System can be incorporated into a Child Safety Seat allowing the top vertical part of the seat back to pivot forward dispersing the crash energy, without any movement of the seat base.
In the truck offset crash test, the truck was going 23 mph. The system used 8 ½" of stroke on the right side and only 5 ½" on the left side, with almost no damage to the truck. Without the system there was major damage to the truck including warping of the frame.The IDS System offers protection without damaging the vehicle.
Universal System
IDS has developed a compact light weight system that will work with different types of Child Safety Seats. A prototype is shown with a Child Safety Seat.
