Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho

Katsuya Furusu

Yuji Nagasawa

Kazuo Miki

Yoshiyuki Mizutani

Shin-ichi Ishiyama

Yasuaki Ichiba

Isao Watanabe

Lynn B Long

A method of effecting an analysis of behaviors of substantially all of a plurality of real segments together constituting a whole human body, by conducting a simulation of the behaviors using a computer under a predetermined simulation analysis condition, on the basis of a numerical whole human body model provided by modeling on the computer the whole human body in relation to a skeleton structure thereof including a plurality of bones, and in relation to a joining structure of the whole human body which joins at least two real segments of the whole human body and which is constructed to have at least one real segment of the whole human body, the at least one real segment being selected from at least one ligament, at least one tendon, and at least one muscle, of the whole human body.

Method and system for analyzing behavior of whole human body by simulation using whole human body

A damping pad for preventing brake squeal includes: a first metal plate with a brake shoe fixed to one surface thereof; a second metal plate; a third metal plate; a first damping layer disposed between the other surface of the first metal plate and one surface of the second metal plate, and composed of viscoelastic material for high temperature use having a maximum loss factor at a temperature of 50.degree. C. to 100.degree. C.; and a second damping layer disposed between the other surface of the second metal plate and one surface of the third metal plate, and composed of viscoelastic material for low temperature use having a maximum loss factor at a temperature of 0.degree. C. to 30.degree. C. Since the first and second damping layers are formed of different damping materials having different temperature ranges for good damping efficiencies, the use of different kinds of damping materials are employed, so that vibrations which may cause the brake squeal are damped through a wide temperature range, thus preventing the brake squeal.

Backing plate for disc brake with different damping layers for brake

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Aichi-gun, Japan

Katsuya Furusu