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Headrest assembly

US11292375B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

18Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar · Farmington Hills, US
Sangram Tamhankar · Canton, US
Chaitanya Nimmagadda · Ypsilanti, US
John Edward Huber · Novi, US
Siddharthan Selvasekar · Livermore, US
Patrick Maloney · Livonia, US
Janice Lisa Tardiff · Plymouth, US
Alex Perkins · Detroit, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 10, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/879
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A headrest assembly includes a headrest bun having an interior portion. A support armature includes a portion thereof disposed within the interior portion of the headrest bun. A support member includes a lattice matrix comprised of a plurality of interconnected links. The support member is supported within the interior portion of the headrest bun by the support armature. A receptacle is operably coupled to the lattice matrix of the support member within the interior portion of the headrest bun and includes an interior cavity. A weighted insert is removeably received within the interior cavity of the receptacle.

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