Vehicle Seat Substructure Paneling Vibration Decoupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
In vehicles, technical devices mounted under seats cause vibrations and noise due to direct transmission of oscillations and vibrations to the seat substructure paneling, compromising passenger comfort.
Innovation Solution
The seat substructure paneling is decoupled from the vehicle's basic structure using decoupling elements, ensuring no direct non-positive connection between the base support, seat support, and seat substructure paneling, which are independently attached, with the seat substructure paneling attached solely to the vehicle's floor, reducing vibration transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If technical devices are accommodated in boxes used as seat substructures, then passenger capacity is increased, but vibrations and noise are transmitted to the seat substructure paneling, adversely affecting passenger comfort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a damping element as an intermediary component between the base support and the seat substructure paneling. This damping element absorbs and dissipates vibrations before they reach the paneling, thereby reducing noise and improving passenger comfort while maintaining the space-efficient box design for increased passenger capacity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the damping function from the structural components by introducing a separate damping element. This allows the base support to maintain its structural integrity while the damping element specifically addresses vibration transmission, separating the structural support function from the vibration isolation function
2Stability of the object's composition
If the seat substructure paneling is directly connected to the base support and seat support, then structural stability is improved, but vibration transmission to the paneling increases
Solution Approach 1:
The damping element serves as a mediator between the rigid base support and the seat substructure paneling. It maintains the necessary structural connection while introducing vibration-damping properties that prevent direct transmission of oscillations to the paneling, thus preserving structural stability while reducing harmful vibrations
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration significantly reduces vibrations and noise transmitted to the seat substructure paneling, enhancing passenger comfort by mechanically decoupling the floor from the vehicle's supporting framework.
Implementation Method 1
the floor being decoupled from the basic structure of the vehicle and neither between the base support and the seat substructure paneling nor between the seat support and there is a direct non-positive connection between the supporting framework of the vehicle, to which the base support is attached, and the floor of the vehicle, to which the seat sub-panel is attached
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AI summary
The invention relates to a vehicle (1) having an interior (4) and a module (2) arranged in the interior (4). According to the invention, to provide a vehicle (1) having an interior (4) and a module (2) arranged in the interior (4), wherein the seat substructure cladding (12) vibrates to a lesser extent, the module (2) comprises a main support (8) fastened to a first point (6) in the interior (4), a seat substructure cladding (12) fastened to a second point (10) in the interior (4) independently of the fastening of the main support (8), and a seat support (14) fastened to the main support (8), wherein there is no direct frictionally engaged connection either between the main support (8) and the seat substructure cladding (12) or between the seat support (14) and the seat substructure cladding (12).