Ferrari has filed a patent software for a four-point seat belt for highway automobiles, bringing a chunk of security gear usually seen solely in monitor automobiles to the road.

Security rules in most main world automotive markets mandate three-point seat belts, so named as a result of the belts are connected at both facet of the occupant’s lap and over one shoulder. 4-point belts add one other belt that goes over the opposite shoulder.

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These kinds of belts are usually not authorized for road use and restricted to trace automobiles. Ferrari’s patent software, which was printed by the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) on July 20, 2023, after being filed the earlier January, particularly mentions use in a “highway automobile.”

Accompanying drawings present a design just like present four-point seat belts, with two over-the-shoulder belts and a bisected lap belt linked by a quick-release mechanism on the middle. Within the software, Ferrari explains that this can assist maintain the motive force regular within the right driving place, which turns into harder in high-g cornering.

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Ferrari claims its design additionally addresses a significant disadvantage of four-point seat belts in road-car use. Whereas the belts firmly safe the occupant’s torso, limiting ahead motion in a crash, the top and neck stay unanchored. Meaning larger pressure is transferred to them, rising the potential for damage or demise. In monitor automobiles, drivers can shield towards this by sporting a HANS machine, however that would not be sensible for highway use.

Ferrari’s resolution is a “damping machine” that, when a given quantity of pressure is imparted on the belts, permits a certain quantity of ahead motion of the occupant’s chest, which Ferrari claims limits the acceleration of the top. For this design to succeed in manufacturing, although, Ferrari will doubtless should persuade regulators that this can be sufficient to forestall critical accidents. It could additionally should persuade clients of the advantages of this extra cumbersome type of seat belt.