Sound Quality Assessment of Powered Seat Adjusters

Abstract

<div class="htmlview paragraph">With the extensive improvements achieved in vehicle driveline and road noise quality manufacturers are turning their attention to component and ancillary noise sources and expecting their suppliers to include sound quality in the assessment of their designs. This paper describes an investigative project into the principal components contributing to the perceived sound quality of powered seat adjusters in passenger vehicles and the statistical methods of analyzing jury preference data.</div>