Effort Fixture for Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsJohn Fazecas, Kevin Jordan
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Abstract
A fixture for testing efforts is described. The fixture may include a carriage, a platform mounted on the carriage, and a plurality of receiving members located at testing module positions around or in the platform. The platform is configured to receive one or more vehicle seats to be efforts tested. The fixture may further include a tumble return assembly, a lever test module, a headrest button test assembly, a slide assembly, a strap pull assembly, an anti-tilt tooling assembly, a calibration module, a seat back lift assembly, a headrest lift assembly, a weight box, and a tumble stop.
Claims25
A fixture comprising:
- a carriage and a platform mounted on the carriage, wherein the platform is configured to receive one or more seat assemblies and the carriage comprises an assembly of members forming a base;
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- a plurality of receiving members located at testing module positions around or in the platform, wherein each of the plurality of receiving members defines an opening and is either fixedly attached to the carriage at a distance away from the carriage or defines a platform opening.
A method for effort testing vehicle seat assemblies, the method comprising:
- attaching a first seat assembly and a second seat assembly to a fixture, wherein the fixture comprises a carriage, a platform mounted on the carriage, and a plurality of receiving members located around or in the platform, wherein the receiving members are configured to receive testing modules;
- conducting a first sequence of tests on the first seat assembly and the second seat assembly with testing modules in the receiving members, wherein the first sequence of tests comprises track lever tests, fold lever tests, tilt strap tests, tumble lever tests, and tumble strap tests;
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- conducting a second sequence of tests on the first seat assembly and the second seat assembly with testing modules in the receiving members, wherein the second sequence of tests comprises armrest tests, track effort tests, headrest button tests, headrest tilt tests, seat back folding tests, tumble efforts tests, and seat clip weight tests.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.