Headrest Patents (Class 297/391)
  • Patent number: 11970099
    Abstract: A sleeve device for a headrest includes a sleeve body for insertion into a vehicle seat. The sleeve body includes a tubular wall describing an inner axial passage configured to receive a rod of the headrest, and having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a central portion between the upper and lower portions; and at least one elongate rib member overmoulded to an inner surface or an outer surface of the tubular wall and extending along the tubular wall, preferably between the lower portion and the upper portion, wherein the at least one rib member is configured to contact an outer surface of the rod when extending along the inner surface, or is configured to engage an external component, for example the frame of the vehicle seat, when extending along the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Jordi Bielsa Bonet
  • Patent number: 11950708
    Abstract: An adjustable chair headrest, relating to the technical field of office chairs, comprises a support rod connected to a chair back and a headrest, and further comprises an elastic sliding mechanism connecting the headrest and the support rod. The elastic sliding mechanism is provided with a lock mechanism and comprises a stop block, a sliding push rod and an elastic telescoping mechanism, and an end, away from the stop block, of the sliding push rod is connected to the headrest. One end of the sliding push rod stretches into a groove of the support rod, and a gap is reserved between the sliding push rod and one end of the stop block. A tension spring is disposed in the gap and has two ends respectively connected to the sliding push rod and the stop block. The headrest can extend and retract horizontally when users change their posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Jianbo Deng
  • Patent number: 11926266
    Abstract: An installing module includes a seat bracket, a plurality of lower gaskets, a device bracket and an upper gasket. The seat bracket includes a first locking plate and a second locking plate locked to each other. The first locking plate includes a first concave and the second locking plate includes a second concave corresponding to the first concave. The lower gaskets are respectively disposed on the first concave and the second concave. The lower gaskets face each other and jointly define a lower assembly hole and are disposed on a lower side of a head-support fixer of a car seat. The device bracket is locked to the seat bracket and an electronic device is pivotally coupled to the device bracket. The upper gasket is disposed between the device bracket and the head-support fixer, and the head-support fixer is clamped between the upper gasket and the lower gaskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Chien-Chih Lin, Yi-Ming Chou, Chun-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 11926250
    Abstract: A sleeve device for a headrest, the device including a sleeve body for insertion into a vehicle seat, the sleeve body including a tubular wall describing an inner axial passage and a rod-engaging portion which is deformable inwardly relative to the tubular wall, the rod-engaging portion including a flexible pad on its external side, wherein the pad is configured to be urged, in use, to force the engaging portion into the axial passage and/or against a rod received within the axial passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Albert Moreno
  • Patent number: 11878614
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat that includes a dynamic damper having desired properties, and that makes it possible to improve a mass holding angle and to reduce cost. A vehicle seat (1) includes: a frame (11a, 12a, 13a); a case (20) attached to the frame (11a, 12a, 13a); and a dynamic damper (30) that is housed in the case (20) and that includes a mass (40) and an elastic body (50). The elastic body (50) includes at least an annular elastic body (51) as a member having a through hole. The mass (40) is fitted to the through hole of the annular elastic body (51), and the outer peripheral surface of the annular elastic body (51) is disposed in contact with the inner wall of the case (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Makino, Toshiharu Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 11872919
    Abstract: A seat headrest includes: a pad assembly; a main cover surrounding a rear side of the pad assembly; an upper guide coupled to the main cover and provided with an upward/downward movement guide groove formed in the upper guide and elongated upward/downward; a post stay including an upper portion inserted in the upward/downward movement guide groove; and a post holding guide, in which the lower portion of the post stay is inserted and held and which is held to a seat back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., Woobo Teck Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Kim, Seon Chae Na, Byung Yong Choi, Min Ju Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Hyun Sung Kim, Jin Mun Park, Kyeong Hyun Lee, Jae Sung Lee, Hae Il Jeong
  • Patent number: 11858388
    Abstract: A trim member may include an elongated first portion and a plurality of second portions connected to the first portion. The plurality of second portions may include a body portion, a cover portion, an aperture, and an opening. The body portion may be connected to the first portion. The cover portion may be connected to and protrude outward from an end of the body portion. The aperture may extend at least partially through the body portion and the cover portion in a first direction. The aperture may be configured to receive at least a portion of a headrest in a direction that is oblique or perpendicular to the first direction via said portion of said headrest passing through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Ryba, Scott Selesky, Arthur Maczei, Marc Sites
  • Patent number: 11850986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a headrest that is low-cost but still provides impact mitigation performance, and a vehicle seat having this headrest. A headrest of a vehicle seat includes: a headrest frame that is formed of at least one plate material and is fixed to a seatback frame of the vehicle seat; a pad that covers the headrest frame; and a skin that covers the pad. A contact section is provided at the lower part of the headrest frame, said lower part being located on the seatback-frame side, and the contact section is located closer to the rear surface of the headrest than the upper part of the headrest frame is, said upper part being located on the opposite side to the seatback-frame side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Xuandong Jin, Takahide Kirihara, Naotake Hashimoto, Tsutomu Hoshi
  • Patent number: 11833947
    Abstract: A guide device for a retaining rod of a headrest, having a guide structure forming a channel for guiding and supporting the retaining rod, having a latch device including a latch movable between a latching position and a release position. The latch cooperates with a latch structure of the retaining rod to prevent movement of the retaining rod relative to the guide structure in at least one direction. In the latching position the latch device is engaged with the latch structure of the retaining rod and in the release position the latch is disengaged from the latch structure. The latch device has a locking device movable between a locking position and a disengagement position and has a locking structure which, in the locking position, is in the movement path of the latch to prevent movement from the latching position into the release position and, in a disengagement position, enable movement of the latch into a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Schmitt, Steve Kober, Gerd Truckenbrodt, Markus Gradl, Stefan Bergler
  • Patent number: 11745693
    Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device includes an inflator that is operated when a vehicle collision is detected or predicted and ejects gas and an airbag body that includes a front-rear chamber and a tip chamber. The front-rear chamber is deployed forward of a seat through a clearance between a window and a head of an occupant from a side portion of a headrest on a window side by the gas ejected from the inflator and disposed between the window and the head of the occupant. The tip chamber is deployed inward in a seat width direction from an end portion of the front-rear chamber on a seat front side and disposed forward of a face of the occupant on the seat front side. The airbag body housed in the side portion includes an outward wound portion wound outward in a roll shape with a seat up-down direction as an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Jiro Ohachi, Masashi Hotta
  • Patent number: 11738706
    Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device includes an inflator, an airbag body, and a guide member. The airbag body includes a front-rear chamber and a tip chamber. The front-rear chamber is deployed forward of a seat through a clearance between a window and a head of an occupant from a side portion of a headrest on a window side by gas ejected from the inflator and disposed between the window and the head of the occupant. The tip chamber is deployed inward in a seat width direction from an end portion of the front-rear chamber on a seat front side and disposed forward of a face of the occupant on the seat front side. The guide member protrudes from the side portion prior to deployment of the airbag body and is interposed between the airbag body and the head of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Jiro Ohachi, Masashi Hotta
  • Patent number: 11718260
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection device includes: an airbag main body that includes a front-rear chamber that is deployed to a seat front side along a side of a head of an occupant by a gas ejected from an inflator operated when a collision of a vehicle is detected or predicted, and a tip end chamber that is deployed inward in a seat width direction from an end portion of the front-rear chamber on the seat front side; and a headrest that includes a main body portion that supports the head of the occupant from a seat rear side, and a side portion that is provided on at least a side of the main body portion, that protrudes to the seat front side until a deployment of the front-rear chamber is completed, and that is interposed between the front-rear chamber and the head of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jiro Ohachi, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Masashi Hotta
  • Patent number: 11708014
    Abstract: A head restraint system may have a head restraint retainer with a first surface adapted to support a cushioning material, and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface may have a selectively biased clip and at least one leg. The system may also have a panel with a clip port adapted to selectively retain the clip and at least one leg port adapted to selectively retain the at least one leg. A seat having a head restraint system and a method for connecting the components of the system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: James L. Aleksa, Amol Patil, Bhushan Murgude, Roger L. Meyerink, Gaurav Chaudhary
  • Patent number: 11702211
    Abstract: A headrest assembly for a seat, such as an aircraft pilot seat, including a headrest and a headrest tilt mechanism. The tilt mechanism includes a headrest support, a casing fixed to the headrest support defining a rotation limiter feature determining a full aft headrest position and a full forward headrest position, a driven gear rotatably disposed in the casing, a driver gear rotatably disposed through an axial opening formed though the driven gear, an engaging feature for urging against the headrest, and an actuator for rotating the driver gear. The driven gear and the driver gear have a predetermined gear tooth reduction ratio and a predetermined axial shift distance such that the two gears are arranged in a profile shifted configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Yashashree Umakant Khachane, Pradeep Acharya
  • Patent number: 11679698
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat having a backrest which comprises a backrest part and a backrest base element, the backrest part comprising a middle backrest element which is arranged pivotably on the backrest base element, wherein the backrest part comprises two lower backrest side elements and two upper backrest side elements, which are each mechanically coupled to the middle backrest element, wherein the two lower backrest side elements are arranged pivotably on the backrest base element, wherein at least one joint device is provided in each case between a lower backrest side element and an upper backrest side element, wherein a lower backrest side element and an upper backrest side element are each arranged at an angle ?L, ?R to one another, wherein pivoting of the middle backrest element causes a change in the angle ?L, ?R.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Erwin Haller
  • Patent number: 11679699
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat having a backrest which comprises a backrest part and a backrest base element, the backrest part comprising a middle backrest element which is arranged pivotably on the backrest base element, wherein the backrest part comprises two lower backrest side elements and two upper backrest side elements, which are each mechanically coupled to the middle backrest element, wherein the two lower backrest side elements are arranged pivotably on the backrest base element, wherein at least one joint device is provided in each case between a lower backrest side element and an upper backrest side element, wherein a lower backrest side element and an upper backrest side element are each arranged at an angle ?L, ?R to one another, wherein pivoting of the middle backrest element causes a change in the angle ?L, ?R, wherein the joint device comprises at least one first elastic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Erwin Haller, Konstantin Krivenkov
  • Patent number: 11679883
    Abstract: A headrest adjusting bracket surrounds posts from the headrest. A screw displaces one side of the bracket to apply a frictional force to the headrest posts. Protrusions on the interior surface of the bracket, proximal to each post, increases the surface area contact between the bracket and the posts when the screw is tightened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: AMI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Anthony Calvillo Reveley, Keith M. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11666151
    Abstract: An accessory apparatus for connecting to a salon chair is provided. The apparatus connects to the base of the chair and includes a hinged brace for stability. The distal end of the apparatus includes a removable headrest and is configured for attachment to a number of items. Electrical cables are included in the apparatus and may be connected to a source of electrical power or data to drive various devices. One or more electrical/data outlets are provided on extensions connectable to the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Tezaila D Gadson
  • Patent number: 11660991
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a speaker-equipped headrest is provided, which is of a relatively simple structure to enable the speaker-equipped headrest to be easily mounted to/dismounted from a seat body after vehicle installation, and also provide increased versatility for installation in vehicles of various vehicle size classes. The vehicle seat with the speaker-equipped headrest includes: a male coupler that is connected to a speaker harness and fitted to a distal end of a headrest stay; and a female coupler that is connected to a main harness on a seat body side, and fitted to a headrest guide bracket supporting a headrest guide. Insertion of the headrest stay into the headrest guide allows the speaker-equipped headrest to be mounted to the seat body, and allows the male coupler and the female coupler to be fitted together to provide a connection between the speaker harness and the main harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuhisa Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11648854
    Abstract: A vehicle has a seat movable between an upright position and a reclined position and an automatically adjustable headrest connected to the seat, the automatically adjustable headrest being automatically adjusted for a posture of a head of a user when the user is reclined in the reclined position. The automatically adjustable headrest is automatically adjusted in response to a camera detecting that the user is sleeping or resting either on his or her back or on his or her side, the headrest being adjusted for either a side sleeping posture or a back sleeping posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Matthew Roy
  • Patent number: 11618362
    Abstract: An adjustable vehicle-mounted pillow device includes a pillow body, a slideway cavity on one side of the pillow body, a cover plate on an outer side of the slideway cavity, a fixing seat movably connected in the slideway cavity, a connection head clamped in the fixing seat, and a shaft body on one side of the connection head. Push the two sliders inward to squeeze a second spring and slide the fixing seat up and down and then release the sliders which would mesh with the respective corrugated slideways to thus adjusting the height. Press the button body inward to compress a first spring and the tooth pattern on the button body separates from the fixing tooth slot in the left half shaft thus adjusting the angle of the pillow body. The compressed spring will push the button body to make the tooth pattern snap into the fixing tooth slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Langpu Creative Advertising Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 11584275
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a headrest assembly, seat, and a method of use. In the disclosure, a head restraint is moveable from an upright position to a folded position by movement of either the push-button or a lever. The disclosed arrangement provides two ways to fold a head restraint, and can further be integrated with another assembly, such as a seat back folding assembly. The disclosed arrangement is further configured to resist vibration, leading to a tighter, more stable design, which provides increased customer satisfaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Daimay North America Automotive, Inc.
    Inventor: Jianhua Wang
  • Patent number: 11548412
    Abstract: A vehicle has a seat movable between an upright position and a reclined position and an automatically adjustable headrest connected to the seat, the automatically adjustable headrest being automatically adjusted for a posture of a head of a user when the user is reclined in the reclined position. The automatically adjustable headrest is automatically adjusted in response to a camera detecting that the user is sleeping or resting either on his or her back or on his or her side, the headrest being adjusted for either a side sleeping posture or a back sleeping posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Matthew Roy
  • Patent number: 11518281
    Abstract: Described are seat backs for passenger seats. The seat back includes a frame, and the frame includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion includes a top end of the seat back, and the lower portion is adjacent to the upper portion. A thickness of the upper portion of the frame may be less than a thickness of the lower portion of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Reza Mansouri, Charles Michael Parker, Romain Tranier, Nicholas Potts
  • Patent number: 11510490
    Abstract: A personal support apparatus includes a frame having an inner surface for supporting a forehead of a user while seated in a forward-leaning position. The frame has a hollow central region to receive the user's face when the user is seated in the forward-leaning position. A pair of cheek support bodies are disposed on the inner surface of the frame. The apparatus also includes a stand having a recess in a first end to receive a portion of the frame such that a position of the frame is adjustable within the recess to set a height of the frame with respect to the user. A chest support is disposed on the stand. A base is attached to the second end of the stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hypnap LLC
    Inventors: Chloe Hill, HyukJae Henry Yoo, John Lonczak
  • Patent number: 11485262
    Abstract: A headrest sleeve for assembly to a bracket fixed to a stay for supporting a main body of a headrest. The headrest sleeve includes a sleeve body formed in a tubular shape, a collar-shaped flange extending from one end portion of the sleeve body and disposed so as to be capable of contacting the bracket, a bracket-fitting section extending from the flange toward an opposite side from the sleeve body and configured to be capable of being fitted into a fitting hole formed in the lower bracket, and an anchor clip provided at the bracket-fitting section and configured to undergo elastic deformation and elastic recovery during the fitting of the bracket-fitting section into the fitting hole so as to engage with the bracket from an opposite side from the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sato, Satoru Otsuki, Shohei Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11458923
    Abstract: Provided is an airbag system for a vehicle including an airbag cushion that is mounted on an upper end of a seatback and deployed forward to be located on both sides of the head of an occupant so as to limit upward movement of the occupant by restraining an upper body of the occupant in the event of a vehicle collision; an inflator that supplies gas to the airbag cushion in the event of the vehicle collision; and an external tether that has one end fixed to the airbag cushion and the other end fixed to the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Jun Harm, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11446189
    Abstract: A system includes an adapter and a lock. The adapter includes a flexible collar and an attachment structure. The flexible collar is configured to at least partially surround a portion of the wheelchair such that the flexible collar engages the portion of the wheelchair and aids in preventing rotation of the adapter relative to the portion of the wheelchair. The attachment structure has a first arm attached to and extending from the flexible collar and a second arm attached to and extending from the flexible collar. The lock includes a body and a mounting platform attached thereto. The body of the lock is configured to engage the attachment structure to aid in maintaining the flexible collar in a closed position. The mounting platform has one or more coupling mechanisms attached thereto for use in removably mounting one or more accessories to the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Mohammad Sayed
  • Patent number: 11440453
    Abstract: An article, such as a vehicle seat, includes a one-piece vehicle head restraint structure that defines a frame and a plurality of receptacles. There are metallic resonators disposed in the receptacles. Polymeric dampers line the receptacles and circumscribe the metallic resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sangram Tamhankar, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Chaitanya Nimmagadda, Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez, John Edward Huber
  • Patent number: 11433793
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a headrest controlling apparatus, and more particularly, to a headrest controlling apparatus which includes a headrest cover, a bracket installed on a stay rod, and a locking member installed in the bracket to fix a position of a headrest, wherein the headrest cover includes a stay rod coupling part to which the stay rod is rotatably coupled, and thus the headrest controlling apparatus can minimize a distance from the stay rod to a front lower edge of the apparatus, can be easily assembled due to the modularized bracket and locking member, and can be easily operated due to increased precision of the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Woobo Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hae Il Jeong
  • Patent number: 11285852
    Abstract: The invention discloses an automobile headrest, comprising a shell, support arms, and a seat fixing part; the seat fixing part is arranged on the shell for fixing with the fixing rod on the automobile seat; each support arm is provided with a rotating shaft and a sliding shaft; the sliding shaft slides in a slideway inside the shell; one end of the sliding shaft is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft through a rotating structure; the support arm is slidably installed in the shell through the sliding shaft; the width between the support arms is adjusted laterally through the sliding shaft. The invention realizes the distance adjustment between the support arms through the lateral movement of the sliding shaft, realizes a better lateral adjustment of the sliding shaft through the design of the locking plate, the concave-convex part and the like, and realizes a better degree of freedom and comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Longzin industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qinglv Long
  • Patent number: 11267382
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to headrest assemblies for passenger vehicles. More specifically, the present disclosure describes a headrest assembly having a rail assembly with integrally formed friction assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Reinhold Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Clough, Sergio Millan
  • Patent number: 11214182
    Abstract: A headrest includes a frame made of metal, the frame includes a base plate supported by a headrest fixing device, and a cover plate disposed on an occupant head side of the base plate. The cover plate includes a cover panel portion, and a cover frame portion extending from an outer circumferential edge of the cover panel portion toward the base plate. The base plate includes a base panel portion, and a base frame portion extending from an outer circumferential edge of the base panel portion toward the cover plate, and fitted into the cover frame portion. A first part of the cover frame portion is joined to the base frame portion, and a remaining second part of the cover frame portion is enjoined to the base frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Myochin, Naoki Toda
  • Patent number: 11173821
    Abstract: Disclosed is a headrest fore-aft position adjuster including a displaceable body which receives load of an occupant's head and which displaces in a fore-aft direction with respect to a headrest pillar and a lock mechanism which locks and unlocks the displaceable body at a plurality of positions along the fore-aft direction, and the lock mechanism includes an engaging part which displaces in the fore-aft direction integrally with the displaceable body, a plurality of engaged part which is provided along a trajectory of the engaging part and which the engaging part is engaged with in a locked state and the engaging part is configured to engage with the engaged parts from a lateral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Shimizu, Yuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11173810
    Abstract: A seat opening concealment structure is provided including a cover member that covers part of a vehicle seat, and that includes an outer wall including a curved face portion with a circular arc shaped cross-section profile, the outer wall being formed with an opening having an elongated profile along a peripheral direction of the curved face portion, and the outer wall being formed with a larger radius of curvature at an inner face of the curved face portion than a radius of curvature at an outer face of the curved face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa, Kenichi Katsube, Daisuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11160400
    Abstract: The travel pillow assembly includes a travel pillow designed to provide optimal head support for the user in erect and supine positions. The travel pillow is configured with a hole to securely support the occiput and is tapered in a manner that maintains the user's neck and head in proper alignment. The travel pillow assembly is constructed of single piece foam which is firm enough and contoured to prevent head turning and neck torsion. The travel pillow assembly also includes an adjustable strap that may be used to provide supplemental support to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Marc Mani
  • Patent number: 11148570
    Abstract: A rear-center head restraint system of an automobile vehicle includes a rear seatback of the automobile vehicle. A head restraint assembly is rotatably mounted to the rear seatback and is moved between a stowed position and an in-use position. The head restraint assembly includes a rear head restraint body defining an L-shape and includes a forward-facing surface moved toward a head of an occupant at the in-use position. At least a first link and a second link are rotatably connected to the seatback. The first link and the second link are also rotatably connected to the rear head restraint body. A release system rotates the head restraint assembly selectively between the stowed position and the in-use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Russell J. Mihm, Venkata Narasimha R. Cherukuvada
  • Patent number: 11130431
    Abstract: A passenger seat headrest includes a frame and a support band. The frame includes a main portion, a first side wing connected to the main portion, and a second side wing connected to the main portion distal from the first side wing. The support band is connected to the frame and extends from the first side wing to the second side wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Majid Azimian, Nguyen Foek Le, Daan Maria Lips
  • Patent number: 11117504
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headrest comprising two legs, a transverse strut connecting the upper portions of the legs, a housing rotatably mounted on a transverse axis with a locking device. The locking device locks the housing in the raised position, with a first spring for actuating the housing to the lowered position when the device is deactivated. The locking device has two locking catches each formed in an upper portion of each of the legs, a locking crosspiece provided with two locking projections fitting into one of the catches each when the crosspiece is in the locking position. The invention includes a an actuator for actuating the crosspiece to the unlocked position, and a second spring for actuating the crosspiece to the locking position when the housing is in the raised position and when the actuator is not activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TESCA France
    Inventor: Albert Soy
  • Patent number: 11072268
    Abstract: There is provided a head-rest of a car sheet which is configured to includes: a skin configured to cover a surface of the head-rest; a foamed material filled in the head-rest covered by the skin; and a stay extending to an outside from the skin in which the foamed material is filled, wherein the head-rest has a gate shape by indenting a center portion of a lower surface of the head-rest, and a groove portion is formed at the indented center portion of the gate shape by making end portions of the skin abut against each other, and members which are softer than the skin are seamed to the respective end portions of the skin which abut against each other in the groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Tsukada, Kouichi Moroi, Hitoshi Abe, Takafumi Kojima, Satoshi Hashimoto, Naoyuki Makita
  • Patent number: 11001181
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including a seat back in which a seat back frame that is a flat plate is provided, wherein a reinforcement portion is provided to a surface of the seat back frame, the surface requiring reinforcement, and the reinforcement portion protruding in a shape of a line along the surface requiring the reinforcement from the surface requiring the reinforcement, and at least a part of the reinforcement portion is a stepped portion that is provided to continue from the other portion of the reinforcement portion and has a protruding height lower than a protruding height of the other portion, the protruding height being a height from the surface requiring the reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Okuma, Naoya Nishimoto, Hisato Oku, Shingo Baba
  • Patent number: 10981478
    Abstract: A seat for vehicle includes a seat cushion and a seat back. A seat back frame of the seat back includes a right side frame, a left side frame, a lower frame, and an upper frame. The upper frame includes a first upper frame and a second upper frame, the first upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, the second upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, and a closed cross section is configured by vertically overlaying the first upper frame and the second upper frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kubota, Masaru Kaneko, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 10967774
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback frame of a seatback that supports a back area of a vehicle occupant, the seatback frame including: a left and right pair of side frame portions spaced apart in a seat width direction; and an upper frame portion that joins between end portions, at a seat upper side, of the left and right pair of side frame portions in the seat width direction, a headrest that supports a head area of the vehicle occupant being supported at the upper frame portion; and a plastic deformation portion provided at the upper frame portion, the plastic deformation portion being plastically deformed and moving at least a portion of the upper frame portion toward a seat rear side together with the headrest, when a load toward the seat rear side that exceeds a predetermined value is applied to the plastic deformation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Mori
  • Patent number: 10953988
    Abstract: A headrest for a seat assembly includes a central main body having a first side and a second side that is opposite from the first side. A first lateral stabilizer is moveably coupled to the first side of the central main body. The first lateral stabilizer is distinct from the central main body. A second lateral stabilizer is moveably coupled to the second side of the central main body. The second lateral stabilizer is distinct from the central main body. The first lateral stabilizer and the second lateral stabilizer are movable between retracted positions and stabilizing positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan C. Canton, Daniel G. Etcheto
  • Patent number: 10946772
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a headrest for a vehicle seat includes: a headrest disposed at an upper side of a vehicle seat and that moves to an upper end or a lower end; a slider that moves the seat forward or rearward; a recliner that rotates the seat forward or rearward; a drive unit that operates the headrest, the slider and the recliner; a sensor unit connected to the drive unit and that detects a position of the headrest, a position of the slider and a rotation angle of the recliner; an input unit that receives an inputted operation instruction to operate the slider and the recliner from a user; and a control unit that controls the drive unit based on the inputted operation instruction and operates the headrest upward or downward in accordance with the detected position and the detected rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sang Kyung Koh, Jong In Shin, Sang June Lee, Seong Youn Jo
  • Patent number: 10882430
    Abstract: Provided is an example of a vehicle seat that allows easy use of external pneumatic equipment such as an external air pillow. The vehicle seat includes an output portion configured to output an air having a pressure equal to or higher than an atmospheric pressure to an outside of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yosuke Uno
  • Patent number: 10881213
    Abstract: A cushion includes a pillow portion, an elongate trunk portion and a scarf. The pillow portion has a front side and a rear side and defines a support surface on the front side which is useable for supporting the head of a user of the cushion. The trunk portion extends away from the pillow portion and having has a terminal end which is distal to the pillow portion. The scarf is attached to the pillow portion and/or the trunk portion at a first end portion of the scarf and is engageable, in use, with the trunk portion at a portion of the scarf that is spaced from the first end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: Gemma Jensen
  • Patent number: 10874221
    Abstract: A head/neck adjusting device includes a base, a clamping member, a holder, an adjusting and fastening knob, a plurality of locking members, and a head/neck support. The clamping member is clamped on a backrest of a chair. The holder includes a linear adjusting member inserted through the base, and an angle adjusting member connected with the linear adjusting member. The adjusting and fastening knob extends through the base and the linear adjusting member. Each of the locking members is mounted on the angle adjusting member and provided with a positioning projection. The head/neck support is provided with a plurality of support posts extending through the locking members. Each of the support posts is provided with a plurality of positioning holes, and the positioning projection of each of the locking members is positioned in one of the positioning holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Iou Jia Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Lin
  • Patent number: 10869566
    Abstract: A contoured cushion including a body constructed of memory foam material and configured with a plurality of three dimensional contoured surfaces adapted to conform to the shape of a user's head, neck, and upper shoulders for providing support to the user when supported in an upright seated position. The contoured surfaces include each of a pair of main lateral projecting portions adapted for supporting the sides of the user's head and neck, an intermediate interior portion with a contoured recess upper surface extending between the lateral portions and further adapted to supporting the base of the user's head in communication with the neck, and a pair of secondary portions extending downwardly from the interior portion and adapted to supporting the trapezius shoulder muscles of the user. The main cushion portions each further include an inner opposing recess defined by a ledge which adapts to provide clearance for the user's ears and anything supported thereto including jewelry or in-ear headphone buds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventor: Alivia Kassab Arabo
  • Patent number: 10850672
    Abstract: An automobile headrest safe is disclosed which is used in conjunction with the seat of the automobile. The headrest safe includes an exterior housing with a front surface, a rear surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The exterior housing includes an exterior cover and a soft cushion material. The headrest safe also includes a hollow metal positioned within the interior of the exterior housing. The container has a main portion and a spring biased pivotal side door. The pivotal side door is coupled to a biometric lock. The lock is mounted to the top surface closest to the side door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Irving David Meisler