Improvement of Comfort in Suspension Seats with a Pneumatic Negative Stiffness System

This paper presents a Negative Stiffness System (NSS) for vibration isolation and comfort improvement of vehicle seats, which enhances the performance of optimized traditional passive seat suspensions. The NSS is based on a set of two Pneumatic Linear Actuators (PLAs) added to a seat supported by a...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Palomares, Angel L. Morales, Antonio J. Nieto, Jose M. Chicharro, Publio Pintado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Actuators
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/9/4/126