Chery A series. Manual — part 123

----- -The accident happens;

Sensing;

Triggering;

The airbag is activated and inflated;

----The airbag inflates completely;

The driver moves forward;

----The driver’s head and upper body bump

into the airbag;

The air is discharged through the rear end
of the airbag.

----The air is totally discharged from the

safety airbag.

The operation process is as follows:

The electronic accelerometer can
continuously measure the acceleration and
deceleration of the vehicle and then
transmit the signals to microprocessor.

The perfect collision signals process in the
microprocessor determines whether and
when to activate the airbag.

If it is necessary to activate the airbag, the

Serious breakage delay

Exceeding malfunction signal

Accident sensor

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microprocessor will activate the ignition
circuit.

If the electric safety sensor is turned off at
the same time, the ignition current will
induce the igniter, and activate the safety
airbag.

THE ASSEMBLY PARTS OF AIRBAG AND WORKING PRINCIPLE

SRS (airbag system) includes:

Steering wheel airbag components;

Airbag control module;

Steering column hairspring;

Wiring harness;

SRS malfunction warning lamp.

1. COLLISION SENSOR (IN THE BCM)

The collision sensor or the accelerometer employs an electronic instrument to display the
acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle during the head-on collision. In the display of
electronic instrument, the electronic signals equally reflect the acceleration or deceleration of
the vehicle. (Acceleration of gravity)

The computer will determine the severity degree of the collision according to the strengths of
electronic signals. If the electronic signals exceed the pre-set value, the airbag computer will
send the ignition demand to the igniter to activate the ignition agent, and heat and decompose
the inflating agent to generate the required air for inflation of the airbag.

2. SAFETY SENSOR (IN THE BCM)

Most of the vehicles employ a short circuit plate structure for the linkage of the airbag
computer and the igniter to prevent the false ignition of airbag. The safety sensor installed in
this vehicle is a kind of safety device consists of a dual contactor and an electric switch.

It acts independently with the electronic components. During normal driving, the ignition
circuit of airbag maintains at the “standby”. This will ignite the airbag under the required
conditions. (More than 6.4 acceleration of gravity)

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3. HAIRSPRING

In order to ensure that the steering wheel has a
sufficient turning angle other than damages
the connection wiring harness of the airbag
assembly, the spiral wiring harness is adopted
between the steering wheel and the steering
column. Install the wiring harness into the
spiral spring first, and then install the spiral
spring into the spring housing, which is called
as hairspring. Normally, the wiring harness of
the horn is also installed in the spiral spring.

Specification:

External diameter：Φ96m

Number of cycles: maximum cycles of 6.

Storage temperature : -40～85

Operation temperature: -35℃～85℃

Operation voltage: DC 9～16V

Working current (airbag configuration): 16A，40V－6ms max.

Current carry capacity: Carrying up to 5S maximum under a load current of 5A

Voltage carry capacity: Carrying up to 100ms maximum under a voltage of DC 20V

Operation torque: 0.15ms max.

Hairspring

It is installed on the steering column.

It is also a part of the horn circuit.

Attention: The hairspring will be damaged if the steering wheel is turned by more than

4.5 cycles.

Turn the steering wheel:

Rotate the steering wheel to one direction will tighten the coil.

Rotate the steering wheel to the other direction will loosen the coil.

The hairspring will be damaged if the steering wheel is turned by more than 4.5 cycles.(The
total rotation range: 9 cycles)

Warning: Removal of the hairspring will cause injury and vehicle damage. Do not

remove the hairspring. If the airbag has already been inflated, the hairspring
must be replaced. Please remove the airbag components, hairspring and

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safety memory unit before handling with the steering system. In order to
remove or install the airbag components, please disconnect the negative grid
of the battery and wait for at least 1 minute.

Removal/Installation

The hairspring is installed between the steering wheel and the steering column. When
installing the hairspring, pay attention to the installing position and direction, otherwise it
would cause insufficient turning angle or heavy rotation of the steering wheel.

In order to remove and install the hairspring, it is necessary to check the hairspring clearance
during rotating.

Warning: In order to check the clearance, turn the hairspring carefully until we can feel the
resistance. After that turn back for about 4 cycles and align it with the clearance marking.

Scheme of the hairspring installation

4. AIRBAG COMPONENTS

(1) Airbag components

The airbag components consist of the airbag decoration cover, airbag and inflating
components. The airbag is made of nylon fabric. The internal layer was treated with synthetic
glue for sealing air. When the airbag is not open, it is folded like a bag of the unopened
parachute and installed between the upper part of air inflator and the airbag cover. There is a
impression line for tearing on the surface of the airbag decoration cover so that the decoration
cover can be torn off easily during the inflation of the airbag and reduce its resistance to let
the airbag passes through.

When the vehicle is collided, normally the airbag will start to inflate within 10ms after the
first collision, and the total inflation time from the starting of inflation through the entirely
activation of the airbag is about 30mS. When the airbag is activated, it spreads out along the
steering column to the direction of the windshield and thus prevents the driver’s face to
collide with the windshield, and his chest to collide with the steering wheel.

There is an air discharging hole at the back of airbag (opposite to the driver). When the driver

Fastening
mark

Turning mark

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