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OPTIMISED DESIGN SOLUTION FOR FLOOR CONSOLE AND SIMILAR COMPONENTS

2024-26-032001/16/2024

Traditionally floor console design requires structural part inside the assembly to mount surrounding parts to withstand various load cases and functionality. this leads to heavy assembly weight & greater number of parts in assembly. This will also impact on overall cost of the component as well as assembly cycle time, logistics & maintenance cost. In order to address this issue for any floor console or similar component which requires structural part inside for rigidity we thought of redesigning our parts and use of CPSF injection molded parts without impacting aesthetics. Counter pressure structural foam (CPSF) process allows us to design in more structural and thicker parts while still it gives good class a quality. CPSF process is similar to IM process only, but here along with thermoplastic materials in pelletized form and blowing agent is also added in hopper in proper ratio. Components similar like floor console requires more strengthen parts for holding loads & occupant sitting

Kole, Abhinandan, John, Pramod, pena, Geofrey

Data-Driven Machine Learning Approach for Rattle Risk Mitigation

2025-01-012605/05/2023

In the modern automotive industry, squeak and rattle issues are critical factors affecting vehicle perceived quality and customer satisfaction. Traditional approaches to predicting and mitigating these problems heavily rely on physical testing and simulation technologies, which can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, especially for larger models. In this study, we propose a data-driven machine learning approach to mitigate rattle risks more efficiently. In this study, a floor console model has been evaluated using the traditional simulation-based E-line method to pinpoint high-risk areas. Data generation is performed by varying material properties, thickness, and flexible connection stiffness using the Modified Extensible Lattice Sequence (MELS) sampling algorithm, creating a diverse and comprehensive dataset for generating a machine learning (ML) model. Utilizing the dataset, the top contributing variables were identified for training the ML models. Various machine-learning

Parmar, Azan, Rao, Sohan, Reddy, Hari Krishna

The Effect of Change in Assembly Sequence on Permanent Strain of Cab Suspension Console

02-13-02-0011

08/20/2020

Heavy commercial vehicles play an important role in creating the trade and economic balance of countries. Also, the durability and safety of heavy commercial vehicles come to the fore. Heavy commercial vehicles consist of two parts. These are the chassis area with the equipment that allows the vehicle to move and the cabin section where the driver is located. The cabin area is the most important area that ensures the highest level of driver safety. Considering that the production of trucks is increasing day by day, it is inevitable for companies to increase their R&D activities in the field of cabin and cabin suspension systems for much safer, durable, and comfortable trucks. This study aims to determine the safe torque value of the fasteners and their assembly sequence of the Cab Suspension Console, which is one of the most important connection parts in a truck and which can cause a fatal accident by breaking. In this study, the safe torque value of the fasteners of the cabin

Yildirim, Bariscan, Öztürk, Dogan

2020 Corvette Stingray: beautiful - and beautifully imperfect

20AUTP04_1204/01/2020

Grasping the true beauty of Chevy's new 2020 Corvette supercar demands a deep dig. You must venture beyond the exciting-to-a-fault sheetmetal and the lavish stitched-leather, buffed-metal, and carbon-fiber-embellished interior. You have to look past the revolutionary powertrain and chassis engineering. Nor will you discover the 2020 Corvette's place in the cosmos by summing up its performance stats. In fact, beyond the major improvement in acceleration from rest (0-60 mph [97 km/h] easily cracking the 3-sec. barrier), several indices - curb weight, Cg height, polar moment of inertia, drag coefficient and frontal area - have moved in the wrong direction. In the end, driving this car is the only means of gauging the leap the Corvette engineers have achieved with their rejuvenation of “America's sports car.”

Sherman, Don

New York auto show: Lincoln unveils all-new, aluminum-bodied 2018 Navigator

17AUTP05_1305/01/2017

Ford's Lincoln luxury-vehicle unit revealed the 2018 Navigator fullsize SUV at the 2017 New York auto show by touting its blend of smart basic engineering and smart features. Like the recently-revealed Ford Expedition, its Lincoln counterpart is fitted with weight-saving aluminum bodywork to cut roughly 200 lb (91 kg) from the curb weight and help offset the mass of the new Navigator's copious luxury and advanced driver-assist features.

Visnic, Bill

Modified Monitor Provides Glasses-Free 3D for Pilots and Gamers

TBMG-2523308/01/2016

When flying the increasingly crowded skies, pilots need to have an arsenal of information: altitude, airspeed, fuel level, distance to their destination, and the location of other planes in the sky. All of this information is presented in a series of two-dimensional instruments, panels, and readouts, meaning the pilot has to mentally assemble the information and translate that into the 3D world to better understand the relationship among air, ground, and traffic. NASA has long been interested in making it as easy as possible for pilots and astronauts to have the best information available to ensure safe flights, knowing that humans are imperfect creatures.

Improving Wheelchair Ergonomics

TBMG-1332404/01/2012

Engineers at Empa, a Swiss interdisciplinary research and services institution, are working together with the firm «r going» to develop an ergonomic seat for electric wheelchairs that encourages the user to move around frequently. The aim is to enhance the freedom of movement of wheelchair users with a range of disabilities.

LEDs Power Pocket Projector

TBMG-1431008/01/2011

Luminus Devices, Billerica, MA

Evaluation of Forward Collision Warning System Visual Alert Candidates and SAE J2400

2009-01-054704/20/2009

Forward Collision Warning (FCW) systems are intended to alert drivers when they may be at risk of a rear-end crash with a vehicle directly ahead unless they take immediate action. A forward collision visual alert (FCVA) is recommended as part of a multi-modality FCW system crash alert approach also including auditory and/or haptic crash alert components. SAE J2400 recommends that a conventional dashboard location shall not be used for the FCVA, since such an alert may distract the driver from the crash threat ahead (instead of helping the driver visually orient toward the crash threat). This research examined the merit of this recommendation by examining the effectiveness of instrument panel, head-up display, and (vehicle-centerline) top-of-dashboard FCVA candidates. In this static on-road study, 49 subjects (20–70 years old) made rapid judgments on the presence and nature of scene changes over two successive forward scene exposures controlled by a visual occlusion window. Scenes

Perez, Miguel A., Kiefer, Raymond J., Haskins, Alice, Hankey, Jonathan M.

Design insiders

AUTOOCT08_0210/01/2008

Packaging, comfort, ‘premiumness,’ and quality are keywords in the vocabulary of car interior designers, but significant changes to interior structures could lead to a design revolution. The world of car interior design and technology may have reached a period of discontinuity. It is placed between a period of systems integration-for safety and comfort-and a move into higher quality, a softening of the cabin's ambience, a growing emphasis on the availability of a widening portfolio of materials, and the potential of significant structural changes. “The more bulk out of the interior in terms of infrastructure-the center console and tunnels-the better,” said Land Rover Design Director Gerry McGovern.

Birch, Stuart

Cockpits on display

AEROJUN08_0206/01/2008

Larger, and eventually, bendable, flight displays use commercial technology for both new production and retrofit applications. Boeing and Airbus may still be fighting over whether big is better in the battle between the 787 and A380, but in the world of flight displays there is no doubt that big-as in generous glass across the cockpit-truly is better. If cockpit crews are not already salivating at the prospect of 15-in LCDs in the 787-one in the center console for emulation of the control display units plus four others spanning the front cockpit-they will be once they see how the displays reduce pilot workload and improve situational awareness.

Rosenberg, Barry

The right touch

AUTOFEB08_0102/01/2008

Touch input and smarter knobs help drivers control a growing array of functions and devices. There is one thing that the developers of human-machine interfaces agree on: If someone figures out a way to let the driver control the many tasks facing drivers in this era of connectivity, that person is going to become very rich. Portable navigations systems, phones, MP3 players, and other devices increase the number of functions drivers already have to handle, creating big headaches for developers who want to reduce driver distraction. Add in the vagaries of human preferences and you have enough challenges to keep engineers busy for years.

Costlow, Terry

Globalization is in the driver's seat

AUTOMAY07_0505/01/2007

Johnson Controls is positioned to supply everything from single components to complete interiors wherever in the world it is needed. The automotive industry's sales are increasingly distributed to markets all over the world, and at the same time, the engineering talent needed to design components for those cars is also globally distributed, remarked Charles Baker, Group Vice President for Engineering in Johnson Controls' Automotive Experience division. That scenario means that suppliers such as JCI are also increasingly spread over the globe, supporting customers as they move into new markets, tapping local talent to develop products for those markets, and enjoying the flexibility to let engineering resources in one region support others when they are overloaded.

Carney, Dan

Calculation of the Time to Complete In-Vehicle Navigation and Route Guidance Tasks

J2365_200205 (Historical)

05/10/2002

This SAE Recommended Practice applies to both Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and aftermarket route-guidance and navigation system functions for passenger vehicles. This recommended practice provides a method for calculating the time required to complete navigation system-related tasks. These estimates may be used as an aid to assess the safety and usability of alternative navigation and route guidance system interfaces to assist in their design. This document does not consider voice-activated controls, voice output from the navigation system, communication between the driver and others, or passenger operation.

Safety and Human Factors Standards Steering Committee