European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday novembers. 1994 a subsidiary of the Goodyear tire & rubber co. On thursday announced the recall of 76,699 recently mad radial tires because some May be subject to premature failure or sudden air Joss. Pan Hammontree director of product Quality and service at the Kelly Springfield tire co., said the recall involves tires made at the company s Plant in Tyler Texas the week of sept. 11. He said customers should return the recalled tires to stores where they were purchased or to any dealer Selling the same Brand of tire to receive hew tires As  recalls involve Kelly Springfield brands and numerous private Label brands. Sizes recalled Are p185 75r14, p195-75r14,185-70r14 and195-70r14. The serial numbers Start with pm and conclude with "374.". Ford motor co. Will begin exporting its fiesta Model to Brazil in december and Start producing the Carin that country at the end of 1995. The automaker said monday that twill spend $450 million to produce the fiesta in Brazil. Spokesman Davi Caplan said Ford has not decided whether it will use the Money to build a new Plant or refurbish an existing Plant. A. A a Ford currently offers the escort Hobby in  fiesta also will be sold in Argentina Uruguay and Paraguay Ford said. The automaker also plans to Start exporting its Ford Range compact pickup truck and Ford Monde Sedan to Brazil next year. From the associated press automotive the stars and stripes Page 9 ing air ,. Inventor devises kit to bring old cars up to be a Standard by Lawrence Spohn Scripps Howard news service Santa be . Two years ago entrepreneur Phillip Kithil turned on his Telephone answering machine and heard every Parent s Nightmare his teen age daughter had been involved in Acar Acci Dent.   raced to the scene fearing the worst. His oldest daughter Kate then a High school senior was not seriously injured but the car a 1986 reliant station Wagon was totalled he said the Accident got him thinking. God we know teen age Drivers have Acci dents he said. What can you do to make this car safer Well i thought maybe you could retrofit an air bag in there  now with a Patent pending Kithil is about six months away from beginning crash tests on a prototype that could be attached to millions of older  help from technology Transfer programs at new Mexico s two nuclear weapons labs Kithil expects to Market an air bag kit by late next  system would be installed on the inside roof of a vehicle and deploy Down Ward to fill the same space As dash mounted air  bag device is contained in a pack age 2 inches High by about 15 inches Long mounted just behind the Sun visor. In a car already equipped with a Driver s air bag Kithil s kit could be installed above the passenger Side for added Protection.   the system is triggered by an internal sensor that detects the rapid head motion of a Driver or passenger during a Colli Sion. The bag deploys in a thousandth  second. ". The advantage of our system Start with the crash sensor which keys on vehicle occupants not the  thing is always Correct he said and the decision whether to deploy in Flate the air bag is always  he said his system covers a broader Range of crash effects works Over a longer period during a crash and is effective from slow Speed a soft impacts to very fast very severe harder impacts the Bottom line is an air bag that is friendlier and sensors that Are smarter said Kithil,.head of advanced safety concepts inc., which he runs from an of fice just off the Santa be Trail. The device could be retrofitted into Al most any vehicle for a Cost of Between $700 and $800. That s about what manufacturers spend on them today in Assem. Bly line production Kithil  on demand and manufacturing volumes the Price for Kithil s kit could go As Low As $5uo, he said. I Ben Langer a spokesman for the fed eral Highway administration called the potential for Kithil s device very  -., Only about 7.7 million of the 196 rail lion vehicles on the nation s highways Are equipped with air bags Langer said. Government and insurance Industry figures indicate that Accident death rates Are 16 percent to 24 percent lower in airbag equipped vehicles than in those with scat belts  air bags obviously can t prevent All Highway deaths and injuries no other single built in safety device has had As dramatic an effect on reducing them said Wayne a Brenson vice president for research with state farm insurance. One septic is George Parker assistant administrator for research and development at the National Highway transportation safety administration. Original equipment air bags in new cars Are designed for crash pulse of the car itself Parker said. Designing for common crash characteristics across vehicle makes and models is difficult. During the air bag kit s two year development Kithil took advantage of advanced technology at the state s two National labs. Testing  modelling of the air bag s sensor was critical because the device must precisely sense and instantaneously respond Only to crash Speed head movements of vehicle occupants. Kithil estimated that development costs for his air bag kit have run a Cou ple of Hundred thousand  with out Access to the labs special equipment and expertise Kithil estimated development costs could have run As much As $2 million. People read you just did you can now advertise your products events and services to 150,000 daily readers at incredibly Low rates. This and for example can Cost you As Little As $51.72. For info Call Germany civilian 06155.601247 or Dan 348-8247. 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