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Summary. The springing support in a driver's seat is a very serious issue, such that manufacturers are increasing their efforts to optimize the dynamic properties of this kind of seat. The main optimization criterion is vibration insulation efficiency with regard to health research and associated health standards and regulations. This article deals with the definition of the optimal driver's seat properties in relation to two examples of springing systems with different kinds of damping. The first case involves the springing support of a driver's seat that uses a pneumatic spring and a telescopic hydraulic damper. In the second case, the damping effect is achieved by two pneumatic springs whose forces effect a phase shift due to a throttle valve located in the connecting piping system.

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By destructive car tests are used acceleration sensors for the determination of a time courses of kinematic variables. The main task is to determine the velocity of measured points of selected objects. The fundamental problem in the solution of this problem is the fact that the acceleration sensor simultaneously record two mechanical movements. One of them is the movement of the object as a rigid body and the other is damped vibration of the object itself as a flexible body which is characterized by its dynamic parameters.