Active head restraint with gas bag module

US6575494B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls Technology Company · US

Inventors

• Alexander Heilig · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Lothar Zink · Alfdorf, DE
• Andreas Loos · Rechberghausen, DE
• Alfred Scholl · Stolberg, DE
• John Joseph Bleau · Plymouth, US
• Juergen Kretschmer · Ergolding, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/21525
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An active head restraint for an automotive seat which includes a base component, a headrest support, and a gas bag module. The base component is connected to the seat. The headrest support is detachably connected to the base component. The gas module is integrated between the base component and the headrest support in such a manner that in a restraining event detected by sensors, the headrest support component is released from the base component by inflating a gas bag.