In 1958 a young Volvo engineer started working on a simple but geometrically revolutionary safety feature. Now every car in ...

Starting with inventing the three-point safety belt in 1959 and then, in the apex of open-source thinking, waiving their patent rights, Volvo Cars has built a legacy of safety through engineering ...

For example, the three-point seat belt: a Volvo invention from 1959. Aside from the memorable Volvo 850 T5-R that gained a following thanks to its impressive (for the time) specs and a stint in ...

In 1959, a Volvo engineer designed a modern 3-point seat belt & made it available to the world for free, without a patent.

Volvo also introduced the first rear-facing child safety seat in 1972 ... introduced the first three-point safety belt, an invention that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...