METHOD OF DESIGNING AUTOMOTIVE SEAT ASSEMBLIES FOR REAR IMPACT PERFORMANCE
    1.
    发明公开
    METHOD OF DESIGNING AUTOMOTIVE SEAT ASSEMBLIES FOR REAR IMPACT PERFORMANCE 审中-公开
    方法设计的汽车座椅关于行为在后方撞击的情况下

    公开(公告)号:EP1590197A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-02

    申请号:EP04707717.7

    申请日:2004-02-03

    IPC分类号: B60N2/00

    摘要: A method for designing automobile seat assemblies in which a sled test is run on a prototype seat assembly in order to obtain the necessary data to model the seat assembly with simulation software. A basic model of the surface of the seat assembly is built utilizing simulation software and tests are run on various parameters to determine those that are most significant to the desired objective of the design process. Thereafter, the software is used to build a detailed model of the seat assembly and all its elements and the significant parameters are tested further to determine those that are again most significant to achieving the desired outcome. Once optimization ranges for those most significant parameters are chosen, the prototype seat assembly is modified accordingly. A final sled test is run on the modified prototype to verify the results and compare those results with the original sled test results.

    METHOD OF PROVIDING A SEAT BACK INVOLVING THE USE OF A DESIGN MANIKIN
    3.
    发明公开
    METHOD OF PROVIDING A SEAT BACK INVOLVING THE USE OF A DESIGN MANIKIN 审中-公开
    一种用于提供座椅靠背与使用一个设计模型娃娃

    公开(公告)号:EP1696767A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-06

    申请号:EP04802352.7

    申请日:2004-12-22

    IPC分类号: A47C7/40 A47C7/02 B60N2/66

    摘要: A method of providing a seat back (17) of a seat assembly including shape defining steps that involve the use of a design manikin (14). A contour of the centerline (15) for the seat back is determined according to a hip point (10), or 'h-point', and a torso line (12) of the manikin. The determination includes definition of a lumbar apex reference point (16) above the hip point along the torso line, a lumbar shape reference circle (40) defined as being behind the torso line and spaced apart therefrom, a forward lumbar prominence line (30) which is parallel to the torso line and tangential to the lumbar shape reference circle, and a rearward lumbar prominence (20) line which is parallel to and rearward of the forward lumbar prominence line.