5.3: Matching Activity
Match the term with the correct definition.
air bag
A.
A sensor found in some supplemental restraint systems that serves as a redundancy sensor for ensuring the vehicle was involved in a collision prior to igniting and deploying the air bags. It is installed in the system to prevent accidental air bag deployment.
air bag deployment
B.
The action of an air bag inflating in the event of a collision.
air bag squib connector
C.
The inside section of a vehicle door that is designed to be airtight (often blocked off with a plastic screen) and capable of acting upon an internal pressure-sensitive sensor in the event of a side-impact collision.
door cavity
D.
A primary restraint system device consisting of a lap and shoulder belt that a vehicle occupant pulls across him- or herself and fastens into a buckle. It is designed to hold vehicle occupants in their seats throughout a collision event.
restraint control module
E.
A pyrotechnic device connected to each seat belt’s buckle that pulls down with force on the seat belt during a collision event to secure the occupant in the seat. Its action helps the occupant make appropriate contact with the air bags around him or her throughout the collision.
safing sensor
F.
An electronic control module that supports and controls the actions of a vehicle’s supplemental restraint system.
seat belt
G.
A specialized connector with a locking tab designed to connect to the igniter-inflator unit in an air bag device.
seat belt pretensioner
H.
A supplemental restraint system component that contains a folded bag designed to inflate in milliseconds and an igniter-inflator unit enclosed in a metal and plastic housing.
SRS warning light
I.
An instrument display light that illuminates to warn the driver of a supplemental restraint system fault and alert him or her to have the system serviced.