Kwaba ngo-1987 iFrankfurt Motor Show lapho iMercedes-Benz yethula khona i-airbag yomgibeli ngaphambili kwi-S-Class (W126), ngemuva kokuthi yethula ne-airbag yomshayeli ngo-1981. Yangena ngempumelelo emakethe ekuqaleni kuka-1988 futhi ekwindla yalowo nyaka ofanayo kuzoba i-W124 - i-E-Class yesikhathi esizayo - ukuyithola.
Ukuhlolwa kokusaphazeka kuzoqinisekisa izinzuzo zedivayisi yokuphepha engenzi lutho. Ukuhlanganiswa kwebhande lesihlalo elinamaphuzu amathathu ne-pretensioner yebhande kanye nokwengezwa kwe-airbag kwenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukunciphisa ingozi yokulimala esifubeni nasekhanda lomuntu ohlezi ngaphambili cishe ngengxenye yesithathu (33.33%).
I-airbag ye-XL
Ku-W126, i-airbag yomgibeli ngaphambili yayizofakwa endaweni yamagilavu futhi ingeze amanye amakhilogremu amahlanu esisindo ephaketheni, iqhathaniswa namakhilogremu amathathu ohlangothini lomshayeli, efakwe esiteringini. Isizathu sesisindo esengeziwe sasingenxa yesidingo se-airbag ecishe ibe kathathu ngobukhulu - amalitha angu-170 uma iqhathaniswa namalitha angu-60 omshayeli - ukuze ikwazi ukuvala ibanga elikhulu phakathi kwekhanda lomgibeli ne-airbag.Isistimu ngokwayo, nokho, yasebenzisa izingxenye ezifanayo. Inzwa yokushayisana ebekwe ngenhla kwebhokisi lika-gearbox, idivayisi ekhiqiza igesi ngaphakathi kwe-airbag kanye ne-propellant eqinile - eyakhiwe ama-sphere amancane avutha ukuze akhiqize ingxube efuthe ngokushesha i-airbag. Umumo “womcamelo womoya” wawulungiselelwe ukuze uvikele umgibeli ongaphambili ekushayiseni iphaneli yensimbi kanye nensika engu-A uma kwenzeka kushayisana.
Izinzuzo zalo mshini wokuphepha zazingenakuphikwa futhi ngo-1994 kakade kwakuyimishini evamile kuzo zonke izimoto zakwaMercedes-Benz.
Ama-airbag, ama-airbag yonke indawo
Ukwethulwa kwama-airbag angaphambili, kumshayeli nomgibeli, kungaba yisiqalo sendaba. Ukuziphendukela kwemvelo kwezobuchwepheshe kwaholela ekwenzeni amamojula amancane ayenze, okwaholela ekufakweni kwayo kwezinye izingxenye zemoto.
Ngakho, i-airbag eseceleni yethulwa yi-Star brand ngo-1995; ngo-1998 kwavela amafasitela aseceleni; ngo-2001 ama-airbag aseceleni ekhanda nesifuba; ngo-2009 kwamadolo; ngo-2013 ekhanda nesinqe, amabhande ezihlalo kanye nezihlalo izinhlangothi; futhi ekugcineni ama-airbag aguquguqukayo omshayeli nomgibeli ane-inflation yezigaba ezimbili kanye ne-retarder, kuye ngobunzima bomthelela kanye nokuma kwesihlalo emotweni.