seat comfort metrics: back to basics - hyundai-kia presents seat comfort design developments
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Scott Ziolek and Cory Welch, experts in Engineering Design at Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, presented at last year’s seating conference on “Seat Comfort Metrics”. The two experts go through the seat comfort developments from 1930 till today presenting the SAE technical standards and objective measurements within the seat comfort process. Read the full presentation below. "Seat Comfort Metrics: Back to Basics Part 2" >> Download the presentation here: http://bit.ly/WelchZiolekPPTRANSCRIPT
Seat Comfort Metrics:
Back to Basics
Part 2
February 12, 2014
Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc.
Engineering Design
Scott Ziolek & Cory Welch
9th International Conference Innovative Seating 2014, Germany
Ziolek - 9th International Conference Innovative Seating 2014
The More Things Change . . .
Ziolek - 9th International Conference Innovative Seating 2014
Popular Science article ~1940
Ziolek - 9th International Conference Innovative Seating 2014
Packaging Measurements
Equipment can measure or
adjust to specific Interior
Packaging designs:
• Back Angle/ Height
• Cushion Angle/Length
• Seat Height
• Seat distance from foot plate
• Foot plate angle
• Steering Wheel Height
Ziolek - 9th International Conference Innovative Seating 2014
Other Measurements??
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Ziolek - 9th International Conference Innovative Seating 2014
Patent
Cords attached to 49 springs
measure loaded deflection. The
cords pass through tubing then over a
chart with a weight at the bottom to keep
them under constant tension.
Patent 2,359,318: Spring
Construction and Method of
Assembling