Modular Vehicle Seat Cushion Structure for User Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vehicle seats lack adaptability to varied users in terms of comfort, aesthetics, and resistance to impacts, as they have a single configuration that may not suit all body types and preferences.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle seat design featuring a cushion part supported by a cushion part support with detachable components, allowing for modifiable comfort, aesthetics, and enhanced resistance through interchangeable parts made of different materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single fixed configuration seat cushion is used, then the structure is simple and manufacturing is easy, but the seat cannot be adapted to varied users in terms of comfort, aesthetics, and resistance
Solution Approach 1:
The seat cushion is divided into distinct components: a cushion part support with lateral parts and an intermediate part, and a separate cushion part. This segmentation allows the cushion part to be detached and replaced, enabling adaptation to different users while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure. The lateral parts of the support provide structural framework while the removable cushion part provides user-specific comfort and aesthetics.
2Strength
If the cushion part extends into the accommodating space of the cushion part support, then resistance to impacts and deterioration is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cushion part is designed to extend into the accommodating space defined by the lateral parts and intermediate part of the cushion part support. This nesting arrangement allows the cushion part to be housed within the structural framework provided by the support, enhancing resistance to impacts and deterioration while maintaining a compact and relatively simple overall structure.
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AI summary
A vehicle seat having a seat cushion extending substantially along a plane defined by a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, with the seat cushion including a cushion part and a cushion part support that includes a first lateral part, a second lateral part opposite the first lateral part in the transverse direction, and an intermediate part located between the first and second lateral parts in the transverse direction. The intermediate part is recessed relative to the lateral parts in an elevation direction and the cushion part is mounted on the cushion part support and extends at least partly into an accommodating space of the cushion part delimited by the first lateral part, the second lateral part, and the intermediate part.