Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2007C00099:body:0:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2007C00099
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 26080–28999

Adjusting and Locking Retractors' fitted to outboard seating positions vehicles.
7.7.1.                              The design must provide for a stowage feature for the part of the assembly which includes the 'Strap' designed to pass over the pelvis or torso of the occupant, to facilitate that part of the assembly, when unlatched, being kept clear of the vehicle floor and the lower edge of the door opening.
7.8.                                    The area of vehicle floor does not include areas which are inaccessible to the occupant's feet during travel or during entry and exit.
8.                                          GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SEATBELT COMPONENTS
8.1.                                    In all cases where the 'Strap' passes through another component, other than a 'Sash Guide' used in conjunction with an 'Emergency Locking Retractor', and there is relative movement between the 'Strap' and the component as a result of adjusting operations, the tensile strength of the webbing must not be reduced to less than 14.7 kN or 75% of the 'Dry Breaking Strength', whichever is the greater, after 2,500 cycles of relative movement under the following test conditions:
8.1.1.                              the tensile load in all parts of the test 'Strap' during the working stroke of the 2 strokes of each cycle must be not less than 13 N;
8.1.2.                              the working stroke must be not less than 150 mm nor more than 200 mm; and
8.1.3.                              the angle which the centreline of each end of the test 'Strap' makes with the component must be not less critical to 'Strap' abrasion than that nominated by the vehicle 'Manufacturer' as representative of such angle of the 'Strap' in use, when the assembly is correctly fitted for a '5th Percentile Adult Female' with the 'Seat' in the rearmost driving or riding position, except that in the case where the design provides for the centrelines of the straps to be separated when viewed normal to the plane of one 'Strap', then such angle of separation in the test may be any angle greater than 25°, and the angle of separation of the centrelines of the 'Straps' when viewed in the plane of one 'Strap' may be any angle less than l0°.
8.2.                                    In the case of a 'Lap-Sash Belt' incorporating an 'Emergency Locking Retractor' (other than a 'Type 4N Retractor'), where, during the wearing and retracting operations, there is relative movement between the retracting 'Strap' and the 'Sash Guide' system other than the retractor itself the tensile strength of the webbing must not be reduced to less than 14.7 kN or 75% of the 'Dry Breaking Strength', whichever is the greater, after the retracting 'Strap' has been drawn through the 'Sash Guide' system for 50,000 cycles under the following test conditions:
8.2.1.                              the tensile load in all parts of the test