Regulation No 44 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations ... (42011X0909(02))
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Regulation No 44 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of restraining devices for child occupants of power-driven vehicles ( ‘Child Restraint Systems’ )
- Regulation No 44 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of restraining devices for child occupants of power-driven vehicles (‘Child Restraint Systems’)
- 1. SCOPE
- 2. DEFINITIONS
- 3. APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL
- 4. MARKINGS
- 4.8.
- ISOFIX Marking
- 5. APPROVAL
- 6. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
- 6.1. Positioning and securing on the vehicle
- 6.2. Configuration
- 6.2.11. Child restraints with retractor
- 6.3. ISOFIX restraint specifications
- 6.3.1. General characteristics
- 6.3.1.1. Dimensions
- 6.3.1.2. Mass
- 6.3.2. ISOFIX Attachments
- 6.3.2.1. Type
- Figure 0 (a)
- 6.3.2.2. Dimensions
- Figure 0 (b)
- 6.3.2.3. Partial latching indication
- 6.3.3. ISOFIX child restraint top tether strap specifications
- 6.3.3.1. Top tether connector
- 6.3.3.2. ISOFIX Top tether strap features
- 6.3.3.2.1. ISOFIX Top tether strap length
- 6.3.3.2.2. No-slack indicator
- 6.3.3.2.3. Dimensions
- Figure 0 (c)
- ISOFIX Top tether connector (hook type) dimensions
- 6.3.4. Adjustment provisions
- 6.4. Control of Markings
- 6.5. Control of Instructions on Installation and the Instructions for Use
- 7. PARTICULAR SPECIFICATIONS
- 7.1. Provisions applicable to the assembled restraint
- 7.1.1. Resistance to corrosion
- 7.1.2. Energy absorption
- 7.1.3. Overturning
- 7.1.4. Dynamic test
- 7.1.4.2. Chest acceleration(5)
- 7.1.4.3. Abdominal penetration(6)
- 7.1.4.4. Manikin displacement
- Figure 1
- Arrangement for testing a forward-facing device
- Figure 2
- Arrangement for testing a rearward-facing device
- Figure 3
- Arrangement for testing child restraint devices group 0, not supported by the dashboard
- Figure 4
- Arrangement for testing rearward-facing devices, except group 0, not supported by the dashboard
- 7.1.5. Resistance to temperature
- 7.2. Provisions applicable to individual components of the restraint
- 7.2.1. Buckle
- 7.2.1.8.1. Test under load
- 7.2.1.8.2. No-load test
- 7.2.2. Adjusting device
- 7.2.3. Retractors
- 7.2.3.1. Automatically-locking retractors
- 7.2.3.2. Emergency-locking retractors
- 7.2.4. Straps
- 7.2.4.1. Width
- 7.2.4.2. Strength after room conditioning
- 7.2.4.3. Strength after special conditioning
- 7.2.5. Lock-off device
- 7.2.6. ISOFIX attachment specifications
- 8. DESCRIPTION OF TESTS(7)
- 8.1. Tests of the assembled restraint
- 8.1.1. Corrosion
- 8.1.2. Overturning
- 8.1.3. Dynamic tests
- 8.1.3.1. Tests on the trolley and test seat
- 8.1.3.1.1. Forward-facing
- 8.1.3.1.1.3. Deceleration or acceleration devices
- 8.1.3.1.1.3.2. Acceleration test device
- 8.1.3.1.2. Rearward-facing
- 8.1.3.2. Test on trolley and vehicle body shell
- 8.1.3.2.1. Forward-facing
- 8.1.3.2.2. Rearward-facing
- 8.1.3.3. Test with complete vehicle
- 8.1.3.4. The conditions for dynamic test are summarised in the table below:
- 8.1.3.5. Child restraints incorporating the use of additional anchorages
- 8.1.3.6. Test manikins
- 8.1.3.6.3. Installation of the manikin
- 8.1.3.7. Category of manikin to be used
- 8.1.4. Restraint of booster cushions
- 8.2. Tests of individual components
- 8.2.1. Buckle
- 8.2.1.1. Opening test under load
- 8.2.1.2. Opening test under zero load
- 8.2.2. Adjusting device
- 8.2.2.1. Ease of adjustment
- 8.2.3. Microslip test (see Annex 5, Figure 3)
- 8.2.4. Retractor
- 8.2.4.1. Retracting force
- 8.2.4.2. Durability of retractor mechanism
- 8.2.4.3. Locking of emergency-locking retractors
- 8.2.4.4. Corrosion test
- 8.2.4.5. Dust resistance test
- 8.2.5. Static test for straps
- 8.2.5.1. Strap strength test
- 8.2.5.2.1. Room conditioning
- 8.2.5.2.2. Light conditioning
- 8.2.5.2.3. Cold conditioning
- 8.2.5.2.4. Heat conditioning
- 8.2.5.2.5. Exposure to water
- 8.2.5.2.6. Abrasion conditioning
- 8.2.5.2.6.3. Particular test conditions
- 8.2.6. Lock-off Devices
- 8.2.6.1. Class A Devices
- Figure 5
- 8.2.6.2. Class B Devices.
- Figure 6
- Schematic layout of Class B Lock-off test
- 8.2.7. Conditioning test for adjusters mounted directly on a child restraint
- 8.2.8. Temperature test
- 8.3. Certification of Test Bench Cushion
- 8.4. Registration of dynamic behaviour
- 9. TEST REPORTS OF TYPE APPROVAL AND OF PRODUCTION QUALIFICATION
- 10. MODIFICATIONS AND EXTENSION OF APPROVAL OF A TYPE OF CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM
- 11. PRODUCTION QUALIFICATION
- 11.2. Qualifying the production of child restraint systems
- 11.2.1. Dynamic tests
- 11.2.2. Control of Markings
- 12. CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION AND ROUTINE TESTS
- 13. PENALTIES FOR NON-CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION
- 14. PRODUCTION DEFINITELY DISCONTINUED
- 15. INSTRUCTIONS
- NOTICE
- NOTICE
- 16. NAMES AND ADDRESS OF TECHNICAL SERVICES RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING APPROVAL TESTS, AND OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
- 17. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- ANNEX 1
- COMMUNICATION
- (Maximum format: A4 (210 × 297 mm))
- ANNEX 2
- ARRANGEMENTS OF THE APPROVAL MARK
- ANNEX 3
- ARRANGEMENT OF APPARATUS FOR DUST RESISTANCE TEST
- (dimensions in millimetres)
- ANNEX 4
- CORROSION TEST
- 1. Test apparatus
- 2. Location of test samples in the mist cabinet
- 3. Salt solution
- 4. Compressed air
- 5. Conditions in the mist chamber
- ANNEX 5
- ABRASION AND MICROSLIP TEST
- Figure 1
- Procedure type 1
- Examples of test arrangements corresponding to the type of adjusting device
- Example a
- Example b
- Figure 2
- Procedure type 2
- Figure 3
- Microslip test
- Total travel: 300 ± 20 mm
- ANNEX 6
- DESCRIPTION OF TROLLEY
- 1. Trolley
- 2. Calibration screen
- 3. Seat
- 3.1.7. Covering the seat and the seat back(1)
- 3.2. Test of rearward-facing devices
- Figure 1
- Arrangement for testing a rearward-facing device
- 3.3. Trolley floor pan
- 4. Stopping device
- Appendix 1
- Figure 1
- Dimensions of the seat and the seat cushions
- Figure 2
- Dimensions of the aluminium bottom-plate
- Figure 3
- Dimensions of the cover material
- Figure 4
- 3-Dimensional view of seat
- Appendix 2
- Stopping device
- Frontal impact
- dimensions (in mm)
- Figure 1
- Figure 1a
- Material A
- Figure 1b
- Material B
- Figure 2
- Stopping device olive-shaped knob
- Figure 3
- Stopping device olive-shaped knob
- Figure 4
- Stopping device (assembled)
- Rear impact
- dimensions (in mm)
- Figure 5
- Stopping device polyurethane tube
- Rear impact
- dimensions in mm
- Appendix 3
- ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF ANCHORAGES ON THE TEST TROLLEY
- Figure 1
- Figure 2
- Figure 3
- ANNEX 7
- CURVE OF TROLLEY’S DECELERATION OR ACCELERATION, AS FUNCTION OF TIME
- Appendix 1
- Curve of trolley’s deceleration or acceleration, as function of time
- Frontal impact
- Appendix 2
- Curves of trolley’s deceleration or acceleration, as function of time
- Rear impact
- ANNEX 8
- DESCRIPTION OF MANIKINS
- 1. General
- Appendix 1
- DESCRIPTION OF THE 9 MONTHS AND 3, 6 AND 10-YEAR MANIKINS
- 1. General
- 2. Construction
- 2.1. Head
- 2.2. Vertebrae
- 2.2.1. Neck vertebrae
- 2.2.2. Lumbar vertebrae
- 2.3. Chest
- 2.4. Limbs
- 2.5. Pelvis
- 2.6. Assembly of the manikin
- 2.6.1. Neck-chest-pelvis
- 2.6.2. Head-neck
- 2.6.3. Torso-limbs
- 3. Main characteristics
- 3.1. Mass
- 3.2. Principal dimensions
- Figure 1
- Principal dimensions of manikin
- 4. Adjustment of joints
- 4.1. General
- 4.2. Adjustment of the neck cable
- Figure 2
- 4.3. Atlas-Axis joint
- Figure 3
- 4.4. Hip joint
- Figure 4
- 4.5. Knee joint
- Figure 5
- 4.6. Shoulder joint
- Figure 6
- 4.7. Elbow joint
- Figure 7
- 4.8. Lumbar cable
- Figure 8
- 4.9. Calibration of the abdominal insert
- 4.9.1. General
- Figure 9
- 5. Instrumentation
- 5.1. General
- 5.2. Installation of the accelerometer in the chest
- 5.3. Indication of abdominal penetration
- Appendix 2
- DESCRIPTION OF THE ‘NEW-BORN’ MANIKIN
- Figure 1
- Calibration of infant manikin
- 1. SHOULDER STIFFNESS
- 2. LEG JOINT STIFFNESS
- 3. TEMPERATURE
- Figure 2
- Figure 3
- Appendix 3
- DESCRIPTION OF THE 18 MONTHS MANIKIN
- 1. GENERAL
- 2. CONSTRUCTION
- 2.1. Head
- 2.2. Neck
- 2.3. Torso
- 2.4. Abdomen
- 2.5. Lumbar spine
- 2.6. Pelvis
- 2.7. Hip joint
- 2.8. Knee joint
- 2.9. Shoulder joint
- 2.10. Elbow joint
- 2.11. Assembly of the manikin
- 3. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
- 3.1. Mass
- 3.2. Principal dimensions
- Figure 1
- Principal dimensions of manikin
- 4. ADJUSTMENT OF JOINTS
- 4.1. General
- 4.2. Lumbar spine
- Figure 2
- 4.3. Abdomen
- Figure 3
- 4.4. Adjustment of the neck
- Figure 4
- 4.5. OC Joint
- 4.6. Hip
- 4.7. Knee
- 4.8. Shoulders
- 4.9. Elbow
- 5. INSTRUMENTATION
- 5.1. General
- 5.2. Installation of the accelerometer in the chest
- 5.3. Indication of abdominal penetration
- ANNEX 9
- FRONTAL IMPACT TEST AGAINST A BARRIER
- 1. Installations, procedure and measuring instruments
- 1.1. Testing ground
- 1.2. Barrier
- 1.3. Propulsion of the vehicle
- 1.4. State of the vehicle
- 1.5. Impact velocity
- 1.6. Measuring instruments
- ANNEX 10
- REAR IMPACT TEST PROCEDURE
- 1. Installations, procedures and measuring instruments
- 1.1. Testing ground
- 1.2. Impactor
- 1.3. Propulsion of the impactor
- 1.4. Special provisions applicable where a moving barrier is used
- 1.5. Special provisions applicable where a pendulum is used
- 1.6. General provisions relating to the mass and velocity of the impactor
- 1.7. State of the vehicle during the test
- ANNEX 11
- Additional anchorages required for attaching child restraints in the semi-universal category to motor vehicles
- ANNEX 12
- ANNEX 13
- STANDARD SAFETY-BELT
- Figure 1
- Standard seat belt configurations
- Figure 2
- Typical standard anchorage plate
- Dimensions in mm
- Figure 3
- Central part of the standard belt configuration
- Dimensions in mm
- Figure 4
- Pillar loop
- ANNEX 14
- TYPE APPROVAL SCHEME (FLOW CHART ISO 9002:2000)
- ANNEX 15
- EXPLANATORY NOTES
- ANNEX 16
- CONTROL OF CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION
- 1. Tests
- 1.1. Verification of the locking threshold and durability of emergency locking retractors
- 1.2. Verification of the durability of automatically locking retractors
- 1.3. Test for strength of straps after conditioning
- 1.3.1. Test for strength of straps after abrasion
- 1.4. Microslip test
- 1.5. Energy absorption
- 1.6. Verification of the performance requirements of the child restraint system when subjected to the appropriate dynamic test
- 1.7. Temperature test
- 2. Test frequency and results
- 2.2.1. Batch control for the child restraint systems
- 2.2.2. Continuous control
- ANNEX 17
- TEST OF ENERGY ABSORBING MATERIAL
- 1. Headform
- Figure A
- Headform
- 2. Instrumentation
- 3. Procedure
- ANNEX 18
- METHOD OF DEFINING HEAD IMPACT AREA OF DEVICES WITH BACKRESTS AND FOR REARWARD-FACING DEVICES DEFINING THE MINIMUM SIZE OF SIDE WINGS
- ANNEX 19
- DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONING OF ADJUSTERS MOUNTED DIRECTLY ON CHILD RESTRAINTS
- Figure 1
- 1. Method
- ANNEX 20
- TYPICAL BUCKLE STRENGTH TEST DEVICE
- ANNEX 21
- DYNAMIC CRASH TEST INSTALLATION
- 1. Method
- 1.1. Lap belt only
- 1.2. Lap and diagonal belt
- 1.3. ISOFIX attachment
- ANNEX 22
- LOWER TORSO BODY BLOCK TEST
- Figure 1
- Truncated P10 manikin block
- Material: EPS (40 to 45 g/l)
- Figure 2
- Booster pull test using manikin block
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