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
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The More Things Change . . .
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Popular Science article ~1940
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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
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Other Measurements??
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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
