“Smart Seat” Suspension from Bose for HD Trucking
Driving a truck designed to haul 80,000 pounds 10 to 11 hours a day, 5 to 6 days a week takes a serious toll on any driver.
Conventional truck and seat suspension systems cannot adequately counteract the huge forces generated by these loads. As a result, truck drivers are exposed to excessive levels of bouncing, jarring and shaking—a condition researchers call whole-body vibration. And, research shows that these levels can have severe consequences.
Introducing The Bose Ride system, which gives over-the-road drivers a whole new level of protection from whole-body vibration. It includes a number of Bose® proprietary technologies and components that deliver an unprecedented level of ride quality.
The technology:
The Bose Ride system improves ride quality by intelligently responding to changing conditions. It continuously senses, analyzes and counteracts forces from the road instead of just damping them. Bose has brought decades of innovation in control systems, power amplification and precise motion control to the Bose Ride system’s design.
- Sensors detect unwanted motion
- Computer calculates optimal response
- Regenerative amplifier delivers power to actuator
- Pneumatic system correctly positions driver
- Proprietary linear actuator counteracts bumps
Powerful enough to handle a 350 pound driver and fast enough to counteract bumps, even at highway speeds, before the driver feels them.
More info at: Bose
Category: Driver Stuff, Safety
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