Head-rest of a vehicle seat

US8857904B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern · DE
• UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES · DE
• Hochschule Fresenius · DE

Inventors

• Lutz-Achim Gaeng · Heilbronn, DE
• Peter Muench · Saverne, FR
• Hanno Felder · Riegelsberg, DE
• Christoph Krick · Hornburg, DE
• Sebastian Schlueter · Zweibrücken, DE
• Benjamin Schaal · Zweibrücken, DE
• Frank Kalka · Saarlouis, DE
• Michael Otte · Zweibrücken, DE
• Ralf Goutier · Pirmasens, DE
• Markus Zimmer · Echterdingen, DE
• Vera Waiz · Zweibrücken, DE
• Paul Schatke · Zweibrücken, DE
• Susanne Ehmer · Herxheim, DE
• Stefan Meyer · Blieskastel, DE
• Frank Klein · Neviges, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A head-rest of a vehicle seat with a deformable central supporting body which forms an impact zone for the head of a vehicle occupant and into which the kinetic energy of the head in the event of an accident is admitted. On both sides of the impact zone the central supporting bodies are joined by lateral supporting surfaces which are extendable out of the plane of the head-rest in the direction of travel in order to laterally support the head. In order to avoid or at least to reduce the risk of a cervical-spine whiplash injury, it is proposed according to the invention that the head-rest comprises a device for absorbing the energy admitted into the central supporting body and for outputting the absorbed energy in order to activate lateral supporting surfaces.