Vehicle configuration Glossary (5): Seat and Body Configuration

●Electric adjustment seat

Electric adjustment seats are the earliest manual adjustment seats available in 1921 compared with manual seats. Manual adjustment requires the members to first relax the lock mechanism of the seat through the handle, then move the seat by changing the seat posture and position of the body, and finally relax the controller of the lock mechanism, fix the seat to the selected position. The active force-applying side of this adjustment method is the passenger on the seat, and the adjustment of the seat is not very convenient.

Electric seat is composed of seat cushion, backrest, cushion, skeleton, suspension and adjustment mechanism. When an electric-adjusted seat is being adjusted, the seat is the force-exerted side. Passengers only need to pull the control key to move the seat, so they do not need to change the seat posture of the body. The electric seat can also provide more precise adjustment positions. The use of electric seats allows drivers to easily find their best Driving Posture, provide a good view, improve driving safety and effectively reduce driving fatigue.

Currently, medium and low-end economical cars use manual adjustment seats, or provide simple electric adjustment functions for driving seats only. medium and large luxury cars generally provide electric adjustment for the front seats. The front and back of the luxury car with more emphasis on business will be equipped with electric adjustable seats.

●Waist support adjustment

The waist of the seat can support tonality. To relieve fatigue during long driving, the waist of the seat can be changed to a "convex" degree to provide some support to the human body, so that the waist does not have to be "empty" and cause fatigue.

●Seat height adjustment

The seat height is adjustable. In order to enable the passengers to find a proper sitting posture or comfortable way to ride, generally the car can adjust the height of the seat through manual or electric device.

●Seat LEG support adjustment

It indicates that the front-end seat cushion is adjustable. By adjusting the length or angle of the seat cushion, you can maintain good contact with the thigh and provide support for more parts of the LEG to meet passengers' requirements for comfort.

●Electronic memory seat location

Simply put, an electric seat is connected to an on-board computer to store the posture of a memory seat. By pressing the stored memory group buttons, drivers can easily obtain the previously stored seat posture suitable for individual needs. Generally, there are two to four memory groups.

●Seat Temperature Adjustment

The seat is equipped with electric heating, cooling, ventilation and other devices, so that the seat temperature can be heated or cooled by the needs of the crew, the ventilation function can effectively improve the air circulation environment of the body in contact with the Chair surface, so that the contact surface is dry and comfortable, and it is not easy to produce sweat.

●Massage seat

The designer adds a pneumatic device to the seat, and the air pressure is provided by the gas pump of the engine compartment. The back-to-back of the seat has four or more air pressure chambers respectively to protect the lumbar spine. At the same time, these pressure chambers will change the pressure in the Pressure Chamber according to the prepared procedures, so that the seat and chair surface can be moved to relieve fatigue for driving staff massage.

●Seat Material

It refers to the materials used for the driving seat and passenger seat. It is optional for fabric, flannel, leather, and other materials. Generally, the surface materials of the seat are in harmony with the interior of the vehicle. Many manufacturers will prepare several kinds of materials for car buyers to purchase. Of course, the prices of different materials will vary.

●Backward seat

It refers to the ability of the rear seat to collapse. Generally, due to the limited volume of luggage, many models provide the rear seat that can be put down to increase the volume of luggage compartment. We usually divided into three categories: Overall reverse, proportional reverse, and separate detachable. For example, 1/3 indicates that one of the three seats in the rear can be put down, 1/2 or 50% indicates that one of the two seats can be put down, and 100% indicates that the whole can be put down.

●Row 3 Seat

As the name suggests, a vehicle also has a third row of seats in addition to the first two rows of seats. Generally, MPV models and mid-and large SUV models are equipped with third-row seats, and most of them are foldable seats for proper space application.

●Barrel sports seat

The bucket sports seat is named after its wide side chair, such as the bucket structure. It is often used in racing cars and high-performance sports cars. The two parts of the bucket seat are reinforced to enable the waist, shoulders, and back of both sides of the human body to have good lateral support and encapsulation. the rigidity of the seat itself has also been strengthened, therefore, it can effectively compete against the centrifugal force generated by the lateral acceleration during turning, and more accurately feel the ground grip between tires and roads, so that drivers can precisely control vehicles.

●Front/back center handrail

For a long time, the arm of the vehicle will become sour and fatigue due to the vacancy, and the central armrest can play a very good role in supporting and relaxing. The middle of the front-row central armrest is placed in the middle of the front-row seat, while the majority of the back-row central armrest is a foldable armrest, placed in the center of the back-to-back.

●Body Color

It is the color of the vehicle body painted at the factory. We usually divide the color of the body into three categories: monochrome, two-color, and color trim. Currently, most cars are in a single color (also called the same color), while Mini and smart cars are in two-color cars. Toyota's randcoluze, overlord and other SUV models often use color ornaments.

"Color trim of Toyota randcoluze car body 』

●Body chrome Decoration

Some manufacturers will use chrome-plated decorative parts in the front grille, window frame, door handle, body side skirt and other parts to highlight the fashion and high-end sense of the car.

●Antenna type

Based on the position of the antenna in the body, we often divide the antenna into the front antenna, the rear antenna, the roof antenna, the window antenna and the hidden antenna.

"Familiar BMW" shark fin "roof antenna 』

●Head logo

Some manufacturers not only have their own logo mounted at the forward grille, but also have a three-dimensional logo mounted on the engine cover to demonstrate the distinguished and prominent brand. Rolls-Royce, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and other brands are most familiar with the logo.

"Mercedes-Benz's" trigger star 』

●Skylight

The skylight is at the top of the carriage. It is another lighting configuration except the front and back windshield and the door glass. It also has the functions of ventilation and ventilation to keep the air fresh inside the car.

The driving modes of skylights can be divided into manual skylights and automatic skylights:

Manual skylights: no motor is installed in the manual skylights, so the opening and closing of the skylights are done manually.

Electric Skylights: Electric Skylights use electric motors to drive the opening, sliding, upstreaming, and closing processes of the skylights. The crew only needs to control the skylight switch.

Based on the size, quantity, and functions of the skylights, the system can be subdivided into panoramic skylights, dual skylights, and solar skylights:

Panoramic skylights

The car panoramic skylight is actually relative to the ordinary skylight. Generally speaking, the panoramic skylight has a large area, or even the roof of the whole glass. You can sit in the car to view the above view. Currently, the panoramic skylights are mostly in two stages. The front part can be opened like a common skylight, and the rear part cannot be opened. It can only be used to feel the sunshine and scenery outside the car. The panoramic Skylights of luxury cars also use self-sensing technology to automatically adjust the glass color based on the external light. Panoramic skylights represent models: Citroen C4, 308sw, Mercedes-Benz R500, and Porsche Targa.

"Panoramic skylights for Peugeot 308sw 』

Dual skylights

A double skylight is a car equipped with two skylights, which are divided into driving seats and passenger seats. The advantage of the double skylight is that it is superior to the single skylight lighting and ventilation, and makes the rear passengers feel comfortable, and it has a higher body steel than the panoramic skylight. Dual skylights represent models: Nissan new teana, Fiat boyue, Zhongtai mengdi Braun.

"Mercedes-Benz glk with dual skylights 』

Solar Skylight

Simply put, solar skylights have the same functions as common skylights, but at the same time, they integrate well-known solar panels under the glass of common skylights, it can convert solar energy into electric energy and store it in vehicle batteries.

"The solar Skylights of the Volkswagen Phaeton 』

One of the most notable features of solar skylights is that in hot summer weather, cars stop and stop in the hot sun. When there is no energy supply, the temperature inside the car can be automatically adjusted. The solar power board built in the skylight is powered by the sunlight. The blower is driven by the control system to import the cold air outside the compartment into the car, and the hot air inside the car is evicted to reduce the temperature. Representative Models of solar skylights: Audi A8 4.2, Skoda haorui 2.0tsi flagship edition, and Phaeton 4.2l.

●Xenon headlights

The full name of Xenon headlights is hid (High Intensity Discharge Lamp) gas discharge lamp. It uses electronic ballasts to instantly increase the trigger voltage of 12 V battery to over 23 KV, the xenon In the xenon headlights are ionized to form an arc discharge and make it emit light stably. A stable headlight lighting system is provided.

"The Xenon headlights of Audi a4l 3.2 Quattro have a follow-up steering function 』

Compared with traditional halogen bulbs, Xenon bulbs have two significant advantages: on the one hand, Xenon bulbs have three times higher light intensity than ordinary halogen bulbs, but only consume 2/3 of their energy; on the other hand, Xenon bulbs, xenon Bulbs use almost the same light color as daylight to create better visual conditions for drivers. Xenon lamps provide a wider lighting range and greater illumination intensity, greatly improving driving safety and comfort.

●Headlight delayed Lighting

That is, when you stop, turn off the engine and all the power equipment, the headlights will shine for a while. The delay time can be adjusted within a certain range. The biggest benefit of delayed lighting is that when there is no other lighting in the night parking environment, it can bring a light source to the car owner to walk, at the same time, it also aims to allow other pedestrians and drivers from the dark to adapt to the light. We often hear that "coming home with me" means that the headlights have delayed lighting functions.

●Headlight light Adjustment

It indicates that the headlight lighting angle has a certain totonality. By adjusting the lighting angle, the headlights on the undulating road surface can be in the optimal illumination area to ensure driving safety. There are two types of adjustment methods: manual and automatic.

Manual adjustment: The driver adjusts the rotation wheel of the car to control the headlight illumination angle Based on the road condition. For example, when the driver is uphill, the light is adjusted to the low angle, and when the driver is downhill, the light is adjusted to the high angle.

Automatic Adjustment: a car with automatic lighting adjustment function, the car body is equipped with several sensors, it can detect the dynamic balance of the vehicle, and automatically adjust the lighting angle through preset procedures.

●Automatic headlight Control

The headlight function can automatically light up or turn off the headlight function by passing an external brightness change signal from the beam sensor. For example, when a vehicle passes through a dark tunnel during the day, the lights automatically turn on to illuminate the front view. The automatic headlight control function helps drivers focus on driving without being distracted to control the opening of lights, effectively improving the safety of driving.

●Follow-up headlight

The Adaptive Frontlighting System (AFS) is also called a follow-up headlight. The follow-up headlight can be dynamically adjusted to keep consistent with the current driving direction of the car, in order to ensure the driver has the best visibility at any time, while the general headlight has a fixed illumination range, when the car turns on the curve at night, because of the inability to adjust the lighting angle, blind spots often appear on the inside of the curve, which greatly threatens the driver's safe driving at night.

●Headlight cleaning Nozzle

When a car is driving at night or when the light is dark, rain and dust will reduce the brightness of the headlights by 90%, and the driver's line of sight will be seriously affected. There is a great hidden danger for driving safety, the headlamp cleaning nozzle can use the high-pressure water column to clean. In general, we usually have the design of the exposed nozzle, but also the hidden design in the small cover under the headlight.

"Mercee300 headlight cleaning device 』

●Anti-glare rearview mirror

Compared with the traditional rearview mirror, the anti-glare rear view mirror can effectively reduce the glare effect on the eyes of drivers in front of the car due to the excessive light on the rear lights at night, thus ensuring the safety of driving. The anti-glare rear view mirror can be divided into manual anti-glare rear view mirror and automatic anti-glare rear view mirror.

Manual anti-glare rear view mirror: manual anti-glare rear view mirror using thick and thin glass (or plane mirror and transparent glass into a certain angle synthesis) after the light incident, there are two reflection light, one is the mirror reflection light. The other is the weak reflected light on the glass surface. Since the glass surface has an angle with the mirror surface, the above two reflected light rays are shot from the mirror at different angles. The rearview mirror Adjusting Lever is pulled in the direction of the driver and can be adjusted to the nighttime anti-glare mode.

Automatic anti-glare rearview mirror: the automatic anti-glare rearview mirror is composed of a special mirror and two photosensitive diodes and electronic controllers. It has a changing anti-glare function. When the glare shines on the rearview mirror, the sensor on the mirror transmits the optical signal to the microcomputer. After signal processing, the control circuit will make the mirror color darker to absorb the background light and reduce the reflection of the glare.

●Rearview mirror heating and defrosting device

The rearview mirror Heating function means that when the car is driving in rain, snow, fog and other weather, the rearview mirror can be heated by the heating wire embedded in the lens to ensure that the lens surface is clear.

●Front window induction Automatic wiper

The sensor wiper can automatically adjust the running speed of the wiper through the rain sensor to provide a good vision for drivers, thus greatly improving the convenience and safety of rainy driving.

●Rear window wiper

It means that the rear windshield of a car also has a wiper, which is usually assembled on an off-road vehicle and a hatchback car. The application of the rear window wiper can effectively reduce the vehicle Hazard Caused by the rain and snow shielding the rear window.

●Aluminum Alloy Wheel Hub

Compared with steel hubs, aluminum alloy hubs are made of aluminum alloy. They have the advantages of fast heat dissipation, safety, light weight, energy saving, good comfort and beautiful appearance.

●Welcome pedal

The welcome pedal is a pad mounted on the door threshold. It is usually made of aluminum alloy and is printed with its own brand logo or its model logo. The welcome pedal can prevent the heel from rubbing against the barrier paint, but the decoration is far more practical than it is.

●Spoiler

Generally, the "tail" is a professional definition of "spoiler", which is mostly seen in sports cars and sports cars. The main purpose of the spoiler is to reduce the tail lift when the vehicle is driving at high speed. If the tail lift is greater than the head lift, this will easily lead to excessive vehicle steering and reduced rear wheel grip, resulting in high-speed stability deterioration.

●Body Movement Kit

Body Movement kit, usually including front and rear bumpers, air intake grille, wheel arch, side skirt, tail, etc., also known as "Large surrounded ". The motion kit is usually of lighter quality and is helpful to the aerodynamic performance and stability of the vehicle body. It is one of the tools to improve the performance of the vehicle.