• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.25 no.6_3
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• pp.1173-1182
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• 2022

According to the National Fire Agency, there were 61 traffic accidents of Fire engines in 2021. That is an increase of about 80% compared to the previous year. And the number of injuries and deaths increased by more than 300%. According to the survey of this study, less than 25% of firefighters wore seat belts of Fire engines during dispatch, contrary to the rapid increase in injuries and deaths. About the reasons for why firefighters do not wear seat belts, It can be found in aspects that are related to personal consciousness, organizational culture, and firefighting dispatch. The number of dispatches will increase in the future, this is considered to be a serious problem for the stability of the firefighting organization. In this study, a seat belt should be designed newly and proposed to improve the seat belt wearing policy.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.169-174
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• 2019

Because the warm and cozy demand of automotive driving seat increases, the research development of heating seat has been actively made. In this study, the thermal stress analysis and the structural analysis were carried out with three kinds of heating seats of A, B and C. By executing the thermal analysis with the same material, model A was shown to have the heat transfer better than model B or model C at the study result. So, it could be seen that the heat transfers became different each other though models had the same material according to the configuration of product. Adding the hot wire in order to expect the safer heating can be better heating, but there is the limit on the aspect considering the capability in contrast to the price of product. Generally, model B is thought to be safest thermally than model A or model C in every respect. As the design data of the automotive heating seat product with the durability and safety acquired by this study result are used, the artistic environment can be promoted by being grafted onto the automotive driving seat.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.961-962
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.138-145
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.7-25
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.857-858
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• 2010

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.249-250
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.1195-1196
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• 2011

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.58-63
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• 2005

In order to minimize weight of vehicle seat, an optimum design of aluminum seat is presented while satisfying stress and fatigue life constraints. In this study, the analysis model is validated by comparing it's stress with that of test. Then, two-level orthogonal array is used to estimate the design sensitivity for 7 design variables. Finally, the sequential approximate optimization (SAO) is performed using the constructed RSM models. The approximate RSM models are sequentially updated using the analysis results corresponding to the approximate optimum obtained during the SAO. After 14 analyses, the SAO gives an optimal design that can reduce 16.7$\%$ of weight while increasing 369$\%$ of fatigue life and satisfying stress constraint.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.203-209
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• 2014

The rear center-hinge bracket is designed for supporting and folding the rear-seat backrest. This bracket needs to be strong enough to be able to rigidly hold the rear-seat backrest and to withstand luggage loads from the car trunk that are generated when a vehicle is driving on the roads. Particularly, current accident studies report that many serious occupant injuries occurred when the rear-seat back easily folded inward toward the car interior, driven by the luggage loads in the trunk. Given this fact, the robust design of the rear center-hinge bracket that mainly supports the rear backrest has become more important for providing customer safety and preventing high warranty and durability problems. However, none of the studies have emphasized its significant role and considered its robust optimization. Therefore, this paper presents how the hinge-bracket design is optimized based on an application of the finite-element method coupled with the parameter design using Taguchi's design experiment. Finally, Taguchi method's application optimizes a robust center-hinge bracket that shows more rigid performance although it has lighter weight and thinner thickness.