Head restraint for a vehicle seat

US6623073B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KEIPER GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Volker Schafer · Obermoschel, DE
• Andreas Berberich · Landstuhl, DE
• Thomas Jung · Aschbach, DE
• Olaf Kreuels · Schneeberg, DE
• Dieter Braun · Spaichingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2003
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2002/022
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A headrest (1) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a first assembly for contact with the occupant's head and a height-adjustable second assembly (25, 41). The first assembly (101) moves forward relative to the second assembly (25, 41) in the event of a crash. A third assembly (15) on the headrest (1) is provided beneath the second assembly (25, 41). The first assembly (101) moves upward relative to the third assembly (15) in the event of a crash.