Elastic material vibration test apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11656148-B2
Application number	US-202017113290-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2020
Priority date	May 18, 2020
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

An elastic material vibration test apparatus includes a lower support plate having an upper surface on which an elastic material to be tested is placed, an upper support plate disposed above the lower support plate to be spaced apart from the lower support plate, a pillar connecting the lower support plate and the upper support plate, a pressing rod configured to pass through the upper support plate and ascend and descend in a vertical direction, an air bearing installed on the upper support plate and supporting an outer surface of the pressing rod in a non-contact state, a pressing plate coupled to a lower end of the pressing rod to press an upper surface of the elastic material, and one or more weights coupled to the pressing rod above the air bearing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An elastic material vibration test apparatus, comprising:
a lower support plate having an upper surface on which an elastic material to be tested is placed;
an upper support plate disposed above the lower support plate to be spaced apart from the lower support plate;
a vibration generator disposed below the lower support plate;
a pillar connecting the lower support plate and the upper support plate;
a pressing rod configured to pass through the upper support plate and ascend and descend in a vertical direction;
an air bearing installed on the upper support plate and supporting an outer surface of the pressing rod in a non-contact state;
a pressing plate coupled to a lower end of the pressing rod to press an upper surface of the elastic material;
one or more weights coupled to the pressing rod above the air bearing;
a weight coupling shaft installed on an upper portion of the pressing rod and having a central axis coinciding with the pressing rod; and
a fastening member configured to fasten the one or more weights coupled to the weight coupling shaft to maintain a constant test height which the height of the pressed elastic material by adjusting the weight of the weights;
a first vibration sensor installed on the lower support plate;
a second vibration sensor installed on the pressing plate; and
a controller configured to calculate an output value for vibration damping performance of the elastic material based on detection information of the first vibration sensor and the second vibration sensor,
wherein the lower support plate, the upper support plate, the pressing plate, and the one or more weights are provided in a disk shape and installed such that centers thereof coincide with a central axis of the pressing rod, and
wherein:
the upper support plate has an outer diameter less than or equal to that of the lower support plate,
the weights have an outer diameter less than that of the upper support plate, and
the pressing plate has an outer diameter less than that of the upper support plate and an area greater than that of the upper surface of the elastic material.

2. The elastic material vibration test apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the lower support plate comprises an accommodating groove recessed from an upper surface thereof to accommodate a portion of a lower side of the elastic material, and the accommodating groove has a size corresponding to the elastic material.

3. The elastic material vibration test apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an air supply device configured to supply compressed air to the air bearing; and
a silencer installed at an air outlet of the air bearing.

4. The elastic material vibration test apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the lower support plate comprises coupling holes of a same pattern as a hole pattern of a vibrating member of a vibration generator so as to be coupled to the vibrating member.

5. The elastic material vibration test of claim 1 , wherein the elastic material is a vehicle seat material.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Lim Byungguk
• Lee Chang Hoon
• Kang Myung Sung
• Yeom Ji Young

Classifications

• B06B1/10

  making use of mechanical energy (B06B1/18, B06B1/20 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01M7/08

  Shock-testing · CPC title

• G01N2203/0019

  Compressive · CPC title

• G01H1/12

  of longitudinal or not specified vibrations · CPC title

• G01M7/027 Primary

  Specimen mounting arrangements, e.g. table head adapters · CPC title