Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00179:body:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00179
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 14832–17900

and/or the seat-belt anchorages points; (see annex 10, explanatory notes, paragraphs 2.5. and 2.7.)

    2.8              "vehicle with opening roof" means a vehicle of which only the roof or part of it can be folded back or be opened, or may slide, leaving the existing structural elements of the vehicle above the belt line (see annex 10, explanatory notes, paragraph 2.5.)

    2.9              "folding (tip-up) seat" means an auxiliary seat intended for occasional use and which is normally folded out of the way.

    2.10          "Protective system" means interior fittings and devices intended to restrain the occupants.

    2.11          "Type of a protective system", means a category of protective devices which do not differ in such essential respects as:

       2.11.1                  their technology;

       2.11.2                  their geometry;

       2.11.3                  their constituent materials.

    2.12          "Power-operated windows" means windows which are closed by power supply of the vehicle.

    2.13          "Power-operated roof-panel systems" means movable panels in the vehicle roof which are closed by power supply of the vehicle by either a sliding and/or tilting motion, and which do not include convertible top systems.

    2.14          "Power-operated partition systems" means systems which divide a passenger car compartment into at least two sections and which are closed using the power supply of the vehicle.

    2.15          "Opening" is the maximum unobstructed aperture between the upper edge or leading edge, depending on the closing direction, of a power-operated window or partition or roof panel and the vehicle structure which forms the boundary of the window, partition or roof panel, when viewed from the interior of the vehicle or, in the case of partition system, from the rear part of the passenger compartment.

    To measure an opening, a cylindrical test rod shall (without exerting force) be placed through it normally perpendicular to the edge of the window, roof panel or partition and perpendicular to the closing direction as shown in Figure 1 of annex 9, from the interior through to the exterior of the vehicle or, as applicable, from the rear part of the passenger compartment.

    2.16          "Key"

       2.16.1                  "Ignition key" means the device that operates the electric power supply necessary to operate the engine or motor of the vehicle. This definition does not preclude a non mechanical device.

       2.16.2                  "Power key" means the device which allows power to be supplied to the power systems of the vehicle. This key may also be the ignition key. This definition does not preclude a non mechanical device.

    2.17          "Airbag" means a device installed to supplement safety belts and restraint systems in power driven vehicles, i.e. systems which in the event of a severe impact affecting the vehicle automatically deploy a flexible structure intended to limit, by compression of the gas contained within it, the severity of the