Vehicle seat with vibration monitoring ability
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1. A system for measuring vibration encountered by an occupant of a vehicle comprising:
- a seat having an outer surface;
a backrest having an outer surface;
at least one accelerometer mounted in the seat and/or backrest for generating data indicative of acceleration encountered by an operator;
a processor in communication with said accelerometer, said processor converting the generated data into cumulative whole body vibration data over a predetermined time period; and
a random access memory for storing the cumulative whole body vibration data.
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a system for measuring the vibration an operator of a piece of the equipment encounters while operating the equipment. The system includes at least one motion measuring means, such as an accelerometer. The accelerometer may be affixed to the equipment or integrated into the equipment. In addition, motion data recording equipment that is in electrical communication with the accelerometer may also be provided. An alarm may be used to indicate that a preset limit has been or is about to be exceeded.
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52 Claims
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1. A system for measuring vibration encountered by an occupant of a vehicle comprising:
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a seat having an outer surface; a backrest having an outer surface; at least one accelerometer mounted in the seat and/or backrest for generating data indicative of acceleration encountered by an operator; a processor in communication with said accelerometer, said processor converting the generated data into cumulative whole body vibration data over a predetermined time period; and a random access memory for storing the cumulative whole body vibration data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 38, 41, 43, 52)
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19. A system for measuring cumulative whole body vibration encountered by an operator of moving equipment comprising:
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at least one accelerometer capable of generating data indicative of cumulative whole body vibration encountered by an operator of said moving equipment over a predetermined time period; a processor in communication with said accelerometer, said processor converting the generated data into recordable data; and a random access memory for storing cumulative whole body vibration data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 42, 44)
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45. A system for measuring cumulative whole body vibration encountered by an occupant of a vehicle comprising:
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a seat having an outer surface; a backrest having an outer surface; a first accelerometer mounted in said seat below said outer surface for generating first data indicative of x, y and z acceleration encountered by said seat; a second accelerometer mounted in said backrest below said outer surface for generating second data indicative of x and y acceleration encountered by said backrest; a processor in communication with said accelerometers said processor converting the first and second generated data into recordable cumulative whole body vibration related data; and a memory for storing the vibration related data; wherein cumulative whole body vibration data is recorded in said memory for said particular operator. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. A system for recording whole body vibration data for a particular operator over a plurality of vehicles comprising:
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a plurality of vehicles, each equipped with at least one accelerometer in a vehicle component that makes physical contact with an operator when the operator operates the vehicle; at least one processor module attachable to each of said accelerometers, wherein said processor converts acceleration data into whole body vibration data; an operator identification means allowing identification of said particular operator when said particular operator operates any one of the plurality of vehicles; a recorder in communication with the processor that stores data relating to total body vibrations received by said particular operator as said particular operator operates different vehicles from the plurality of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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