Nils Bohlin

Nils Bohlin
Nils Bohlin
Born	July 17, 1920(1920-07-17) Härnösand
Died	September 26, 2002(2002-09-26) (aged 82) ramfall, sweden
Cause of death	heart failure
Resting place	Torpa Church, Ramfall, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Known for	safety belt

Nils Ivar Bohlin (July 17, 1920 – September 26, 2002) was a Swedish inventor who invented the three-point safety belt while working at Volvo.

Born in Härnösand, Sweden, he received a diploma in mechanical engineering from Härnösand Läroverk in 1939. In 1942 he started working for the aircraft maker Saab as an aircraft designer and helped develop ejection seats. In 1958 he joined Volvo as a safety engineer. He is credited with the invention of the modern 3-point safety belt, now a standard safety feature in all cars. He retired in 1985.

In 1999 he was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame. In 2002 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

References

• "Inventor of three-point seat belt dies". Deathwatch. http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00869.html. Retrieved August 1, 2005. 
• "Nils I. Bohlin". National Inventors Hall of Fame. http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/179.html. Retrieved August 1, 2005. 

Patents

U.S. Patent 3,043,625 Safety Belt, filed August 1959, issued July 1962.