Seat cushion design manufacturing
A method for manufacturing a seat cushion receives data of a specific occupant. A seat cushion is designed from the occupant data. The seat cushion is provided with a cellular structure from the occupant data. Another method for manufacturing a seat cushion receives boundary conditions for a seat cushion. Applicable mechanical properties are determined for the boundary conditions of the seat cushion. Applicable thermal properties are determined for the boundary conditions of the seat cushion. A seat cushion is designed with a varying cellular structure to satisfy the applicable mechanical properties and the applicable thermal properties.
1. A method for manufacturing a seat cushion, the method comprising:
receiving data of a specific occupant;
designing a seat cushion from the occupant data, with channels to be assembled directly to a seat frame;
manufacturing the seat cushion by three-dimensional printing the seat cushion with a cellular structure from the occupant data, with the channels; and
assembling the seat cushion directly to the seat frame by installing the seat frame into the seat cushion channels.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of manufacturing the seat cushion as a seat bun or a seat back.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of manufacturing the seat cushion as a head restraint.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of receiving the occupant data as a pressure distribution.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of receiving the occupant data as anthropometric data.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising assembling the seat cushion directly to a seat frame without an additional spring wire.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising assembling the seat cushion directly to a seat frame without an additional seat pan.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising manufacturing the seat cushion from metal wire.
9. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the seat cushion with visco-elastic properties to provide damping and impact absorption to omit an additional suspension.
10. A method for manufacturing a seat cushion, the method comprising:
receiving data of a specific occupant;
designing a seat cushion from the occupant data;
manufacturing the seat cushion by three-dimensional printing the seat cushion from metal wire with a cellular structure from the occupant data; and
assembling the seat cushion directly to a seat frame.