The Innovative Design of the Massage Mechanisms for Massage Chair

Authors

  • Tzu-Hsia Chen Department of Mechanical Engineering, Minghsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC
  • Long-Chang Hsieh Department of Power Mechanical Engineering, National Formosa University, Yunlin, Taiwan, ROC

Keywords:

beating massage, innovation design, kneading massage, massage-mechanism, Yan’s creative design methodology

Abstract

This study focuses on the innovative design of massage-mechanisms for massage chair.  In this paper, we synthesize the massage-mechanisms based on the modified Yan’s creative design methodology. First, we analyze the topological structure and motion characteristics of existing massage mechanisms and conclude its design requirements and constraints. All existing massage mechanisms with beating and kneading functions are mechanisms with 2 degrees of freedom (DOF). The purpose of this paper is to synthesize all the feasible designs of massage mechanisms (including F=2 and F=3). For the mechanisms with 3 DOF, they must have 1 redundant degree of freedom. Then, based on the design requirements and constraints and modified Yan’s creative design methodology, we synthesize 14 design concepts of massage-mechanisms for massage chair. One of the design concepts will be completed the practice including kinematic design, engineering drawing, and the prototype manufacture. As the results, we conclude that the new design has only 5 links (less than existing design) and same kneading and beating traces, and is better than existing design.

References

H. C. Chen, Improvement of massage chair structure, ROC Patent, M268028, June 21, 2005.

R. C. Bai, Massage chair with 3D kneading, beating and pressing functions, ROC Patent, M518561, March 11, 2016.

H. J. Chang, Improved double drive system of massage chair, ROC Patent, M289645, April 21, 2006.

K. B. Chen and M. G. Fang, Massaging apparatus for massage chair, ROC Patent, I542341, July 21, 2016.

R. Y. Chen, Massaging apparatus for massage chair, ROC Patent, I547273, September 01, 2016.

H. S. Yan and L. C. Hsieh, “Conceptual design of gear differentials for automotive vehicles,” Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 116, no. 2, pp. 565-570, 1994.

H. S. Yan, “Creative design of mechanical devices,” Singapore; New York: Springer, 1998.

H. S. Yan, “A methodology for creative mechanism design,” Mechanism and Machine Theory, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 235-242, May. 1992.

L. C. Hsieh and T. H. Chen, “The systematic design of link-type optical fiber polisher with single flat,” Journal of Advanced Science Letters, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 318-324, April 2012.

L. C. Hsieh, T. H. Chen, and S. J. Wei, “The innovative design of wheelchair with lifting and standing functions,” Proceeding of Engineering and technology innovation, vol. 4, pp. 10-12, 2016.

W.H. Hsieh and S.J. Chen, “Innovative design of cam-controlled planetary gear trains,” International Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 01-11, 2011.

Downloads

Published

2019-03-18

How to Cite

[1]
T.-H. Chen and L.-C. Hsieh, “The Innovative Design of the Massage Mechanisms for Massage Chair”, Adv. technol. innov., vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 116–124, Mar. 2019.

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2019): April

Section

Articles

License

Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. Authors can retain copyright in their articles with no restrictions. is accepted for publication. Authors can retain copyright of their article with no restrictions.

 

Since Jan. 01, 2019, AITI will publish new articles with Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, under The Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) License.
The Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) License permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.