Interpretation ID: aiam1693
Corporate Staff Engineer
Parker-Hannifin Corporation
17325 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Ohio 44112;
Dear Mr. Hertel:#Please forgive the delay in responding to your lette of October 28, 1974, enclosing a sample air brake hose assembly and requesting approval of Parker-Hannifin's banding technique to meet the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 106-74, *Brake Hoses*, for labeling brake hose assemblies.#The NHTSA interprets a band as a label which encircles the hose completely and attaches to itself. To constitute labeling at all, of course, the band must be affixed to the hose in such a manner that i cannot easily be removed.From this discussion, you should be able to determine the compliance of your labeling method with the standard. The NHTSA does not approve specific designs in advance because the material, installation method, and underlying material can significantly affect the quality of specific design.#Yours truly,Richard B. Dyson,Acting Chief Counsel;