Vehicle seat with headrest comprising nuchal and lateral supports

US7213884B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

• Gerhard Flory · Annweiler am Trifels, DE
• Thomas Geisel · Rottenburg am Neckar, DE
• Karsten Radonaut · Kaiserslautern, DE
• Andreas Schmidt · Braunschweig, DE
• Andreas Weingart · Niederkirchen, DE
• Guenter Franzmann · Rockenhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2003
• Grant date: May 8, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A vehicle seat has a headrest with a center pad and two side pads that are laterally hinged to the center pad. The side pads are swivellable forward into a resting position and back into a supporting position. The center pad has a variable pad hardness, with a firmer pad hardness in the supporting position than in the resting position.