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Anniversaries: 30 Years of Front-Passenger Airbag, 20 Years of Window Airbag: New dimensions of passive safety
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25 years passenger airbag at Mercedes-Benz
  • 25 years passenger airbag at Mercedes-Benz
  • Stuttgart, Aug 6, 2012 - 25 years ago Mercedes-Benz was the first automobile manufacturer in the world to introduce the front passenger airbag in a series-production car. The technology debuted in the S-Class (model series 126) at the Frankfurt International Motor Show in September 1987. It elevated the safety standards in Mercedes-Benz passenger cars to a new level and thus represented yet another logical step by the pioneer in passive vehicle safety in a long line of outstanding innovations.
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Mercedes-Benz SL, W 113 series – the first sports car with a safety body
  • Mercedes-Benz SL, W 113 series – the first sports car with a safety body
  • Stuttgart, Mar 26, 2012 - The Mercedes-Benz SL, W 113 series, launched in 1963, was the first sports car in the world with a safety body. It was designed so that the area impacted upon – both at the front and at the rear – would deform, thus reducing or completely dissipating the kinetic energy in the corresponding area. The vehicle interior, the actual passenger compartment, on the other hand, was designed to be rigid in order to act as a safety cell for the vehicle occupants.
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March 1981: world premiere of the airbag and belt tensioner
  • March 1981: world premiere of the airbag and belt tensioner
  • Stuttgart, Feb 7, 2011 - In 1981 Mercedes-Benz was the world’s first automobile manufacturer to present the airbag and belt tensioner as restraint systems to the public in a series-production car. These two milestones in passive safety were premiered in a W 126-series S-Class Saloon at the 1981 Geneva Motor Show. At Mercedes-Benz, this began the introduction of the modern airbag as a passive safety feature into the entire passenger car range, with the airbag and belt tensioner already becoming available as optional extras for all Mercedes-Benz cars in 1982.
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Mercedes-Benz Classic: 23 January 1951: the passenger safety cell is patented
  • Mercedes-Benz Classic: 23 January 1951: the passenger safety cell is patented
  • Stuttgart, Dec 20, 2010 - On 23 January 1951, Daimler-Benz AG registered a patent for the passenger car body with a passenger safety cell. This invention by Béla Barényi was granted Patent No. 845 157 with the title "Motor vehicle, specifically for personal transport". This was a trailblazing innovation, as it is still seen as the fundamental feature of passive automotive safety to this day. In 1959 the safety body with its rigid passenger cell entered series production for the first time in the Mercedes-Benz W 111 series (model 220b).
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September 1959: First crash test at Mercedes-Benz
  • September 1959: First crash test at Mercedes-Benz
  • Stuttgart, Aug 20, 2009 - The first crash test in the history of Mercedes-Benz took place on 10 September 1959, when a test car was accelerated head-on towards a stationary obstacle. Safety research at the brand suddenly entered a new era.
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August 1959: Mercedes-Benz introduces the safety body
  • August 1959: Mercedes-Benz introduces the safety body
  • Stuttgart, Jul 11, 2009 - Daimler-Benz AG first presented the new six-cylinder Mercedes-Benz 220, 220 S and 220 SE models in the fashionable fintail design at a press event on 11 August 1959. These were the first production passenger cars to feature safety bodies – having both a passenger cell with maximum stability (“rigid passenger compartment”) and front and rear crumple zones.
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March 1994: Mercedes-Benz presents ESP® to the world
  • March 1994: Mercedes-Benz presents ESP® to the world
  • Stuttgart, Feb 15, 2009 - Daimler-Benz presented its dynamic handling control FDR, a system jointly developed with Bosch in Arjeplog in Sweden in mid March 1994. It had its market launch a year later under the name Electronic Stability Programme ESP® and represented a further milestone in the field of active safety.
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Patent No. DBP 854 157, life-saver of thousands
  • Patent No. DBP 854 157, life-saver of thousands
  • Stuttgart, Jan 23, 2009 - On 23 January 1951, Daimler-Benz AG applied for patent number DBP 854 157, using the unadorned description of "Motor vehicles especially for the transportation of people". Behind this was concealed no less than the invention of the crumple zone. A patent which in the following decades revolutionised the entire automotive industry.
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Mercedes-Benz and the invention of the anti-lock braking system: ABS, ready for production in 1978
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Brake Assist – a safety asset from Mercedes-Benz
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The airbag: anniversary of a lifesaver
  • The airbag: anniversary of a lifesaver
  • Stuttgart, Sep 23, 2006 - <b>October 23, 1971</b> On October 23, 1971 Mercedes-Benz was granted a patent for a new system affording car occupants protection in an accident: the airbag.
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Airbag and belt tensioner – world premiere in 1981
  • Airbag and belt tensioner – world premiere in 1981
  • Stuttgart, Feb 4, 2006 - <b>March 5 - 15, 1981</b> In 1981 the W 126 series Mercedes-Benz S-Class attracted a great deal of attention at the Geneva Motor Show: the airbag and belt tensioner – two passive safety innovations – were celebrating their world premiere in the flagship Mercedes model.
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Advanced technology to avoid critical situations
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Anti-lock braking system for commercial vehicles
  • Anti-lock braking system for commercial vehicles
  • Stuttgart, Dec 26, 2005 - <b>January, 26, 1981</b> What is matter-of-course standard equipment on commercial vehicles from Mercedes-Benz today was a big step towards greater traffic safety in 1981: the first anti-lock braking system (ABS) for commercial vehicles.
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Safety passenger cell: Soft shell, hard core
  • Safety passenger cell: Soft shell, hard core
  • Stuttgart, Dec 12, 2005 - <b> January 23, 1951</b> The safety cell for passenger cars was an epoch-making invention – for which Daimler-Benz filed a patent application on January 23, 1951.
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Buckle up please!
  • Buckle up please!
  • Stuttgart, Dec 5, 2005 - <b> January 1, 1976<b> Wearing safety belts became compulsory in Germany on January 1, 1976 – on the front seats of passenger cars, to be precise, that is for driver and front passenger.
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ABS: Full steerability in emergency braking maneuvers
  • ABS: Full steerability in emergency braking maneuvers
  • Stuttgart, Nov 11, 2005 - <b>December 12, 1970</b> In December 1970, Daimler-Benz introduced a technical innovation of groundbreaking significance to the international public: the first-generation anti-lock braking system.
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May 1995: ESP makes its debut in the Mercedes-Benz S 600 coupe
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Safety research test lab on wheels
  • Safety research test lab on wheels
  • Stuttgart, May 4, 2004 - <b>June 4, 1974:</b> Safety research has always been writ large at Mercedes-Benz. A major contribution to safety was rendered by the ESV 24 which continued the tradition of earlier Experimental Safety Vehicles.
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