WO2013120142A1 - Système d'amortissement actif - Google Patents

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WO2013120142A1
WO2013120142A1 PCT/AU2013/000135 AU2013000135W WO2013120142A1 WO 2013120142 A1 WO2013120142 A1 WO 2013120142A1 AU 2013000135 W AU2013000135 W AU 2013000135W WO 2013120142 A1 WO2013120142 A1 WO 2013120142A1
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Richard Terrence Tamba
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Brt Group Pty Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/50—Seat suspension devices
    • B60N2/501—Seat suspension devices actively controlled suspension, e.g. electronic control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/002—Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/42—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats
    • B60N2/4207—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats characterised by the direction of the g-forces
    • B60N2/4242—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles the seat constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces, e.g. crash or safety seats characterised by the direction of the g-forces vertical
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/50—Seat suspension devices
    • B60N2/503—Seat suspension devices attached to the backrest
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D11/00—Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
    • B64D11/06—Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats
    • B64D11/0619—Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats with energy absorbing means specially adapted for mitigating impact loads for passenger seats, e.g. at a crash
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D11/00—Passenger or crew accommodation; Flight-deck installations not otherwise provided for
    • B64D11/06—Arrangements of seats, or adaptations or details specially adapted for aircraft seats
    • B64D11/0696—Means for fastening seats to floors, e.g. to floor rails
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D25/00—Emergency apparatus or devices, not otherwise provided for
    • B64D25/02—Supports or holding means for living bodies
    • B64D25/04—Seat modifications
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D25/00—Emergency apparatus or devices, not otherwise provided for
    • B64D25/08—Ejecting or escaping means
    • B64D25/10—Ejector seats

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  • the present invention relates to an active damping system and, more particularly but not exclusively, to an active seat damping system for a military vehicle, aircraft or water vessel.
  • Examples of the invention seek to solve, or at least ameliorate, one or more disadvantages of previous occupant support damping systems.
  • a seat damping system including a seat mounted to a structure of a vehicle/aircraft watercraft for seating an occupant of the velricle/aircraft/watercraft, the seat being mounted to the structure in an arrangement adapted such that the seat is able to move relative to the structure in a predetermined event, an adjustable damper for damping movement of the seat relative to the structure, a controller for controlling adjustment of the damper, and a sensor for sensing a weight borne by the seat, wherein the controller adjusts the damper according to the weight sensed by the sensor such that in the predetermined event movement of the seat relative to the structure will be dampened according to the weight borne by the seat.
  • the seat is mounted on a rail fixed to the structure of the vehicle/aircraft watercraft such that the seat is able to slide along the rail.
  • the seat damping system includes a pre-tensioning device acting between the structure and the seat to prevent movement of the seat under gravity or normal motion of the vehicle/aircraft/watercraft. More preferably, the pre-tensioning device is elastic. Even more preferably, the pre-tensioning device is pre-tenskmed to a predetermined value according to a weight of the occupant, a weight of the seat and/or weight of seat hardware.
  • the predetermined event is acceleration of the seat beyond a predetermined ' threshold. More preferably, the predetermined event is the vehicle/aircraft/watercraft experiencing acceleration caused by an explosion.
  • the system includes a plurality of seats, each seat has a dedicated damper, a dedicated sensor, and a dedicated controller for measuring the weight sensed by the dedicated sensor and adjusting the dedicated damper according to the weight sensed by the dedicated sensor.
  • each dedicated controller is in the form of an on-board controller mounted to the respective seat. More preferably, the on-board controller is adapted to re- measure the weight sensed by the sensor and to update the damper at preset intervals. It is preferred that the seat damping system includes an accelerometer to measure and account for acceleration of the vehicle/aircraft/watercraft in measuring weight for each t seat.
  • the on-board controllers are powered by an electrical system of the vehicle/aircraft/watercraft. More preferably, the on-board controllers are coupled to a battery back-up for power supply in the event of a failure of the electrical system.
  • the on-board controllers communicate over a CAN network to allow calibration, setting, downloads, diagnostics, and/or radio interface.
  • the seat damping system includes a master driver controller in communication with the on-board controllers, wherein the master driver controller is adapted to identify which seats are occupied, which seats have been triggered and/or which seats have adjusted according to the weight sensed by the respective sensor. More preferably, the seat damping system displays to a driver of the vehicle/aircraft watercraft a status of each seat of the vehicle/aircraft/watercraft.
  • the seat damping system controls a rate of acceleration of each seat to reduce a peak force transferred from the structure of the vehicle/aircraft/watercraft to the occupant of the seat. More preferably, the seat damping system controls a rebound rate of the seat at a different level to said rate of acceleration.
  • a military vehicle/aircraft/watercraft including a seat damping system as described above.
  • an occupant support damping system including an occupant support mounted to a structure for supporting an occupant of the structure, the occupant support being mounted to the structure in an arrangement adapted such that the occupant support is able to move relative to the structure in a predetermined event, an adjustable damper for damping movement of the occupant support relative to the structure, a controller for controlling adjustment of the damper, and a sensor for sensing a weight borne by the occupant support, wherein the controller adjusts the damper according to the weight sensed by the sensor such that in the predetermined event movement of the occupant support relative to the structure will be dampened according to the weight borne by the occupant support.
  • the structure is a structure of a vehicle/aircrafVwatercraft.
  • the occupant support is a seat or a bed.
  • the damper is able to actively dampen in a plurality of directions, from the set including vertical, lateral and longitudinal mutually perpendicular axes, and rotational directions.
  • the damper is in the form of a fluid damper, an electro-rheostatic damper, a damper using magneto-restrictive fluid, or a damper using a clutch drum with adjustable clutch plates.
  • the. damping system is in communication with a CAN network.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic sketch of a seat damping system in accordance with an example of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a diagrammatic sketch of a floor plan of a vehicle provided with a seat damping system in accordance with an example of the present invention. Detailed Description
  • examples of the present invention provide a seat damping system which is able to adapt a level of damping of the seat to the weight borne by the damper.
  • the level of damping may be automatically adjusted to be tailored to the weight of the occupant of the seat, the weight of the seat itself, and the weight of any additional hardware of the seat.
  • the level of damping also takes into account clothes and any other items on the person of the occupant and being borne by the seat.
  • a seat damping system 10 including a seat 12 mounted to a structure 14 of a vehicle/aircraft/watercraft 16 for seating an occupant of the vehicle/aircraft watercraft 16.
  • the seat 12 is mounted to the structure 14 in an arrangement adapted such that the seat 12 is able to move relative to the structure 14 in a predetermined event.
  • the structure 14 is a mount of the vehicle/aircraft/watercraft 16, however it will be appreciated that any structurally sound component of the vehicle/aircraft/watercraft 16 such as a wall, floor or chassis member may form a suitable structural component to which the seat may be mounted, either directly or indirectly.
  • the seat damping system 10 also includes an adjustable damper 18 for damping movement of the seat 12 relative to the structure 14, a controller 20 for controlling adjustment of the damper 18, and a sensor 22 for sensing a weight borne by the seat 12.
  • the controller 20 adjusts the damper 18 according to the weight sensed by the sensor 22 such that in the predetermined event, movement of the seat 12 relative to the structure 14 will be dampened according to the weight borne by the seat 12.
  • the seat 12 may be mounted on a rail 24 fixed to the structure 14 of the vehicle 16 such that the seat 12 is able to slide along the rail 24.
  • the seat 12 may be fitted with a slide/guide 26 which fits over the rail 24 so as to slide along the rail 24.
  • the seat 12 may be provided with a pair of guides 26 to guide the seat 12 along the rail 24.
  • the seat damping system 10 may include a pre-tensioning device 28 acting between the structure 14 and the seat 12 to prevent movement of the seat 12 under gravity or normal motion of the vehicle 16.
  • the term normal motion is used in the sense of normal driving of the vehicle, and any other normal motion of the vehicle, in contrast to extreme acceleration of the vehicle caused by explosion of an improvised explosive device or the like.
  • the pre-tensioning device 28 may be elastic, and may be pre-tensioned to a predetermined value according to a weight of the occupant, a weight of the seat 12 and a weight of any additional seat hardware supported by the damper 18.
  • the predetermined event may be acceleration of the seat 12 beyond a predetermined threshold and, more specifically, extreme acceleration of the vehicle 16 caused by an explosion.
  • the sensor 22 may be in the form of a load sensor embedded in a seat base 30 of the seat 12, as shown in Figure 1.
  • the sensor 22 may be coupled to the controller 20 by way of a communication wire, and the controller 20 may be in communication with the adjustable damper 18 by way of further wire. Wiring may also be used to connect the controller 20 to a central controller, or to controllers of other seats in the vehicle 16.
  • a vehicle 1 with a seat damping system 10 having a plurality of seats 12, each seat 12 having a dedicated damper 18, a dedicated sensor 22, and a dedicated controller 20 for measuring the weight sensed by the dedicated sensor 22 and adjusting the dedicated damper 18 according to the weight sensed by the dedicated sensor 22.
  • Each dedicated controller 20 may be in the form of an on-board controller (OBC) 20 mounted to the respective seat 12.
  • OBC on-board controller
  • the on-board controller 20 may be adapted to re-measure the weight sensed by the sensor 22 and to update the damper 18 at preset intervals.
  • Each of the seats 12 in the vehicle 16 may be generally the same as the seat 12 shown in Figure 1.
  • the seat damping system 10 may include an accelerometer to measure and account for acceleration of the vehicle 16 in measuring weight for each seat 12. This may be useful in preventing distorted measurements when the vehicle 16 itself is subjected to acceleration.
  • the on-board controllers 20 may be powered by an electrical system of the vehicle 16. As shown in Figure 2, the on-board controllers 20 are connected in series in a loop. As the vehicle wiring goes all the way around in a loop, this allows for continued power and CAN communication from either direction in the event that a wire or connection is faulty thus making the system more robust and fail safe.
  • CAN it will be understood that this refers to a Controller Area Network which is a networking standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other within a vehicle without a host computer.
  • the on-board controllers 20 may be coupled to a battery back-up for power supply in the event of a failure of the electrical system.
  • the on-board controllers 20 may communicate over a CAN network to allow calibration, setting, downloads, diagnostics, and/or radio interface.
  • the seat damping system 10 may also include a master driver controller 32 in communication with the on-board controllers 20.
  • the master driver controller 20 may be adapted to identify which seats 12 are occupied, which seats 12 have been triggered and/or which seats 12 have adjusted according to the weight sensed by the respective sensor 22.
  • the master driver controlle 32 may also be used to display to a driver of the vehicle 16 a status of each seat of the vehicle 16.
  • the seat damping system 10 may control a rate of acceleration of each seat 12 to reduce a peak force transferred from the structure 14 of the vehicle 16 to the occupant of the seat 12, In one form, the seat damping system 10 may control a rebound rate of the seat 12 at a different level to said rate of acceleration.
  • the Active Seat Damping System is a damping system for occupant seating that pre-conditions the seat according to the weight of the occupant, by setting a damping function that controls the seat reaction to large or explosive G-Forces.
  • An example of use is in armed forces troop seating in armoured personnel carriers that are subjected to Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonation or in ejection seats in aircraft or in occupant seats in high speed marine rescue/military vessels to name but a few.
  • IED Improvised Explosive Device
  • the seat is attached to the wall of the vehicle/vessel (or to the sled in an ejection seat), or can be attached to the roof or to the floor.
  • the seat is located on rails that enable it to slide up and down freely with additional allowance for sideways movement if required
  • the seat is located to prevent movement under gravity or normal motion by the use of a pre-tensioning device that is elastic in nature. This device is pre-tensioned to a pre-determined value for a pre-determined occupant weight + seat + seat hardware weight (based on the seat application and use).
  • the ASDS system is used to adjust an additional motion damper(s), electronically, to cater for variations in occupant weight between a low percentile person to a high percentile person
  • the ASDS adjusts its damping settings by measuring the weight of the occupant, via a strain gauge or load sensor (examples could include these being mounted in the seat bottom cushion or in the pre-tensioning device)
  • the damping function can be set differently for the upward, downward, or sideways motion of the seat according to the G-Forces experienced
  • the seat would have its own On Board Controller (OBC) that measures and adjusts the seat settings accordingly.
  • OBC On Board Controller
  • This controller would contain proprietary electronics and software and would be powered by the vehicle electrical system and may or may not have a battery back up of some type (example: battery, capacitor, etc).
  • This controller could communicate via CAN messaging over the power cable or via dedicated communication ports that would allow calibration, setting, downloads, diagnostics, radio interface, blue tooth and other such functions found on CAN products in the Automotive, Marine, Mining and Defense Industries (as an example).
  • MDC Master Driver Controller
  • the seats would be connected to power and can be interconnected via CAN as a separate wire, or can also be linked via CAN-Over-Power, radio links, Bluetooth or otherwise as examples
  • the base could also have a slide and ASDS device that allows it to slide separate to the seat back. In some applications, this could be in addition to the Slide+Pre-tension+ASDS for the seat back or instead of this arrangement
  • the MDC displays to driver the status of each seat, which seats are occupied and other information.
  • the MDC can be set up to know which OBC's are connected and display seat numbers and locations.
  • OBC re-measures weight at pie-set intervals and updates ASDS setting(to allow for occupant removal of gear, or late arrivals, or occupants changing seats while vehicle is in motion etc).
  • OBC can allow for vehicle motion causing false readings - ⁇ - via optional Accelerometer.
  • OBC and MDC regularly communicate via CAN and update driver accordingly

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L'invention porte sur un système d'amortissement de siège, lequel système comprend un siège monté sur une structure d'un véhicule/aéronef/navire pour asseoir un occupant du véhicule/aéronef/navire, le siège étant monté sur la structure selon une configuration adaptée de telle sorte que le siège est apte à se déplacer par rapport à la structure dans un événement prédéterminé, un amortisseur réglable pour amortir un mouvement du siège par rapport à la structure, un dispositif de commande pour commander le réglage de l'amortisseur, et un capteur pour détecter un poids porté par le siège, le dispositif de commande réglant l'amortisseur en fonction du poids détecté par le capteur de telle sorte que, dans le mouvement d'événement prédéterminé du siège par rapport à la structure, il sera effectué un amortissement en fonction du poids porté par le siège.
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