Vehicle seat having active head restraint system

US7644987B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mladen Humer · Port Huron, US
• Nagarjun Yetukuri · Rochester Hills, US
• Gerald S. Locke · Lake Orion, US
• Dale Smallwood · Clarkston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 12, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 4, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/888
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat assembly that includes a seatback frame and an active head restraint system operatively supported by the seatback frame. The active head restraint system includes an upper armature moveably mounted to the seatback frame and a head restraint mounted to the upper armature. The active head restraint system also includes a lower armature operatively attached to the upper armature. The lower armature is operable to move toward the upper armature in response to a predetermined force applied to the lower armature and act on the upper armature to move the head restraint toward the occupant.