Interpretation ID: nht92-9.6

DATE: February 14, 1992

FROM: Paul Jackson Rice -- Chief Counsel, NHTSA

TO: David Klopp -- Freedman Seating Company

TITLE: None

ATTACHMT: Attached to letter dated 1/30/92 from David Klopp to Mary Versailles (OCC 6926)

TEXT:

This responds to your fax of January 30, 1992 to Mary Versailles of my staff asking whether the anchorage strength test in Standard No. 210, Seat belt assembly anchorages, requires simultaneous testing of seat belt anchorages located on the seat frame of a seat having multiple seating positions.

Under the current requirements of S4.2.4 of Standard No. 210, only floor-mounted anchorages are subject to simultaneous testing. The requirement applicable to vehicles with seat-mounted safety belt anchorages, S4.2.4 of Standard No. 210, has been changed, effective September 1, 1992. For a vehicle manufactured on or after that date, seat-mounted anchorages will be tested simultaneously by loading all anchorages common to the same occupant seat.

I hope you find this information helpful. If you have any further questions please contact Mary Versailles at this address or by phone at (202) 366-2992.