Sentence examples for impact cushioning from inspiring English sources

Among those tested was the air bag, an inflatable pillow-like cushion stored in the instrument panel and triggered to inflate in a fraction of a second by the force of impact, cushioning and absorbing the energy of the rider and then deflating.

Some advice suggests that a wetsuit is best because it provides impact cushioning between your skin and the water as you hit it.

These might include additional side-impact cushioning, extra padding all around the seat, or an anti-rebound bar at the foot of the car seat.

The fuselage tumbled through pine branches and into a thick coating of snow, softening the impact and cushioning its descent down the hill, crash investigators said at the time.

Unusually, your child is restrained by an adjustable impact shield cushion instead of a traditional five-point harness.

A year ago, the General Services Administration bought 5,000 Ford Tempos equipped with the bags, which inflate on impact and cushion people inside the car.

Mark Carney says that Scotland's economy suffers when energy prices fall, but at present this impact is cushioned because the wider economic weakness triggers more 'transfer payments' (welfare payments) to Scotland.

However, at the time, the impact was cushioned: "I cried because Daddy didn't come home," she says, "But I certainly didn't feel any great sense of loss.

"What's important in safety standards is what saves a lot of lives and reduces serious injuries," and that, he said, is the air bag, a device that inflates on impact and cushions the driver and front-seat passenger.

But the health law's $2 trillion in subsidies cushion the impact of rate shock for those whose incomes are low enough to qualify for them.

One shoe, the Adidas 1, even has microprocessors that analyze foot impact and adjust cushioning with each stride.