IP Library Granted Patent US 7,431,399
Granted Patent B2
US 7,431,399 · App. 10/556,295 · Granted Oct 7, 2008

Comfort rest for a rear seat

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Patent No.
US 7,431,399
App. No.
10/556,295
Granted
Oct 7, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A headrest of a motor vehicle seat can be folded down into an inoperative position. The headrest has a headrest body and a headrest bracket which are mechanically connected in such a manner, via a bearing part having a sliding bearing and a pivot bearing that a vertical displacement and a pivoting about a horizontal pivot axis arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle are achievable.

Claims (23)

1. A motor vehicle seat, comprising a headrest having a headrest bracket and a headrest body and being arrangeable on a seat back pivotable toward a vehicle rear direction about a first pivot axis arranged in the seat back substantially horizontally and perpendicularly to a vehicle longitudinal axis, wherein the headrest body is operatively arranged on the headrest bracket via a pivot bearing with a second pivot axis arranged substantially parallel to the first pivot axis, and via a sliding bearing acting substantially perpendicularly to the first pivot axis.

2. The seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the headrest body is operatively arranged on a bearing part via one of the sliding bearing and the pivot bearing, and the bearing part is operatively arranged on the headrest bracket via one of the pivot bearing and the sliding bearing.

3. The seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the sliding bearing and the pivot bearing has at least one or more mechanical latches and/or at least one or more actuating elements with the latter being of electric and/or pneumatic configuration.

4. The seat as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the headrest body is operatively arranged on a bearing part via one of the sliding bearing and the pivot bearing, and the bearing part is operatively arranged on the headrest bracket via one of the pivot bearing and the sliding bearing.

5. The seat as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one actuating element is assigned a prestressing element opposing an actuating movement thereof.

6. The seat as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a first of at least one actuating element and its associated prestressing element are arranged between the headrest body and the bearing part, and a second of the at least one actuating element and its associated prestressing element are arranged between the bearing part and the headrest bracket.

7. The seat as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one actuating element is assigned an operating element operatively arranged in a region for access by a vehicle passenger.

8. The seat as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the headrest bracket has a control line for at least one actuating element or is configured as a pneumatic control line.

9. The seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the pivot bearing and the sliding bearing, in a position pivoted into an inoperative position of the headrest, permits a pivoting of the headrest about the headrest bracket.

10. The device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the at least one actuating element is arranged to bring about an automatic pivoting, before the inoperative position is reached via pivoting movement of the headrest and the headrest bracket.

11. The seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a tensioner means is guided in the headrest bracket and is arranged between the headrest body and the seat back such that, in a pivoted inoperative position of the headrest, at least one of the sliding bearing and the pivot bearing is in an inoperative position.

12. The seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the headrest body is at least one of provided with at least one air-assisted padded element and is of extensible configuration at least in direction of movement of the sliding bearing.

13. A vehicle headrest having a headrest bracket and a headrest body and being arrangeable on a seat back pivotable in a vehicle rear direction about a first pivot axis arranged in the seat back substantially horizontally and perpendicularly to a vehicle longitudinal axis, wherein the headrest body is operatively arranged on the headrest bracket via a pivot bearing with a second pivot axis arranged substantially parallel to the first pivot axis, and via a sliding bearing acting substantially perpendicularly to the first pivot axis.

14. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the headrest body is operatively arranged on a bearing part via one of the sliding bearing and the pivot bearing, and the bearing part is operatively arranged on the headrest bracket via one of the pivot bearing and the sliding bearing.

15. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 13 , wherein at least one of the sliding bearing and the pivot bearing has at least one mechanical latches and/or at least one or more actuating elements, the latter being of electric and/or pneumatic configuration.

16. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one actuating element is assigned a prestressing element opposing an actuating movement thereof.

17. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 16 , wherein a first of at least one actuating element and its associated prestressing element are arranged between the headrest body and the bearing part, and a second of the at least one actuating element and its associated prestressing element are arranged between the bearing part and the headrest bracket.

18. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the at least one actuating element is assigned an operating element operatively arranged in a region for access by a vehicle passenger.

19. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the headrest bracket ( 2 ) has a control line for at least one actuating element or is configured as a pneumatic control line.

20. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 13 , wherein at least one of the pivot bearing and the sliding bearing, in a position pivoted into an inoperative position of the headrest, permits a pivoting of the headrest about the headrest bracket.

21. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 20 , wherein the at least one actuating element is arranged to bring about an automatic pivoting, before the inoperative position is reached via pivoting movement of the headrest and the headrest bracket.

22. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 13 , wherein a tensioner means is guided in the headrest bracket and is arranged between the headrest body and the seat back such that, in a pivoted inoperative position of the headrest, at least one of the sliding bearing and the pivot bearing is in an inoperative position.

23. A vehicle headrest as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the headrest body is at least one of provided with at least one air-assisted padded element and is of extensible configuration at least in a direction of movement of the sliding bearing.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NO. 10/567,810 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020976 FRAME 0889. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jul 1, 2020
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 053583/0493 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2008
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 020976/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2006
From: KERN, CHRISTOPH; KRIESSLER, OSWALD; SCHMIDT, BERND; SCHRADER, JUERGEN; SCHRAMM, WOLFGANG
To: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
Reel/Frame 018690/0883 →