DIN Standards Committee Personal Protective Equipment
Motorcyclists' protective clothing against mechanical impact - Part 4: Motorcyclists' inflatable protectors - Requirements and test methods
Abstract
This document covers requirements and test methods for mechanically activated inflatable protectors for motorcycle riders (in the following text called inflatable protector). It specifies the minimum level of protection, the minimum intervention time for the airbag system and the minimum coverage body zone to be protected by motorcyclists' inflatable protector worn by riders. The requirements of this document are applicable to various design of inflatable protectors and refer to all body areas and their combinations, which are claimed to be protected. Requirement of this document are applicable to airbag system, to the specific hosting garment (or textile restrain system) and to the mechanical triggering system. This document contains the requirements for assessing the performance of airbag system, specific hosting garment (or textile restraint system), and mechanical triggering system during an accident and details of the test methods, requirements sizing, ergonomics, innocuousness, labelling and the provision of information. This document is not applicable to pre inflated protector. Inflatable protectors other than mechanically activated are not covered by this document.
Begin
2022-05-18
WI
00162464
Planned document number
prEN 1621-4
Responsible national committee
NA 075-05-09 AA - Motorcycle rider protective clothing
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 162/WG 9 - Motorcycle rider protective clothing
draft standard
Motorcyclists' protective clothing against mechanical impact - Part 4: Motorcyclists' inflatable protectors - Requirements and test methods
2025-08
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