Interpretation ID: aiam1421
Branch Manager
Toyo Kogyo Co.
Ltd.
U.S.A. Representative Office
Detroit Branch
23777 Greenfield Rd. S462
Southfield
Michigan 48075;
Dear Mr Utsunomiya:#This responds to your February 1, 1974, request fo interpretation of Standard No. 106, *Brake hoses*, concerning 'collapse' in S9.2.8, an incorrect value in Table VI, and proper labeling format.#Your confusion about the meaning of 'collapse' in S9.2.8 points out that the requirement was inadvertently changed between notices 7 and 8 and that it should require 'no leakage or separation of the inner tube from the fabric reinforcement of the hose'. The language will be amended in the near future.#In our response to petitions for reconsideration of Standard 106, we corrected the 5/64 value (question 2) and we accommodated labeling of short hose by permitting labeling separated by any amount up to 6 inches (question 4). You must use one line for labeling required by Standard 106, but you may interrupt the stripe on the opposite side of the required labeling with labeling for other countries, in accordance with S5.2.1 (question 5). in answer to question 3, the fractions should read 3/16, as your indicate you wish to do it.#Your associate, Mr Hirai, asked our office for an explanation of the certification requirements of S144 of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, as they apply to items of motor vehicle equipment to which a standard applies. I have enclosed a notice of clarification. #Yours truly,Richard B. Dyson,Assistant Chief Counsel;