IP Library Granted Patent US 8,608,241
Granted Patent B2
US 8,608,241 · App. 12/674,266 · Granted Dec 17, 2013

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Wolfgang Pellenz (Meckenheim, DE); Sachin Bharambe (Pune, IN); Vikas Wayal (Leverkusen, DE); Christian Huebsch (Duesseldorf, DE); Robin Ndagijimana (Neuss, DE); Silvio Hartlaub (Pulheim Sinnersdorf, DE)
Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
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Patent No.
US 8,608,241
App. No.
12/674,266
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat comprises a backrest, an active headrest, a release device, and an energy store. During normal operating situations of the vehicle seat the energy store is blocked. During an accident, particularly a rear-end accident, the energy store is released for actuation of the active headrest. The energy store is arranged in the active headrest or in the backrest. The backrest includes an actuating device, and a transmission device is arranged between the actuating device and the active headrest.

Claims (11)

1. A vehicle seat comprising: a backrest, an active headrest, a release device, and an energy store, wherein during a normal operating situation of the vehicle seat the energy store is blocked by the release device, and during an accident the energy store is released by the release device for actuation of the active headrest, the backrest comprises an actuating device, the release device is arranged in the active headrest, a transmission device is arranged between the actuating device and the release device, and the actuating device is an articulated lever arrangement provided for actuating the transmission device and comprising two pairs of articulated levers.

2. A vehicle seat comprising a backrest, the backrest comprising a shell structure, a release device connected to the shell structure, and an energy store, wherein during a normal operating situation of the vehicle seat the energy store is blocked by the release device, and during an accident the energy store is released by the release device for actuation of an active headrest, and actuation of the release device, effecting the release of the energy store, is due to a relative movement of the shell structure relative to the vehicle seat resulting from an inertial force exerted by a seat occupant;

wherein the vehicle seat comprises a transmission device for transferring an actuating force from the energy store to the active headrest, and the transmission device comprises a Bowden cable.

3. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the energy store comprises a compression spring.

4. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the release device comprises a lever pivotable about an axis of rotation.

5. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the backrest is pivotable about an axis of rotation for inclination adjustment.

6. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the release device effects the release of the energy store only in a rear accident situation.

7. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the energy store comprises a tension spring.

8. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the release device effects the release of the energy store only in a rear accident situation.

9. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the energy store comprises a tension spring.

10. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the energy store comprises a compression spring.

Assignments (6)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CNI ENTERPRISES, INC.; ADIENT US LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063085/0391 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN IP Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061956/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2022
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
To: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Reel/Frame 058751/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
Reel/Frame 044531/0375 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2011
From: PELLENZ, WOLFGANG; BHARAMBE, SACHIN; WAYAL, VIKAS; HUBSCH, CHRISTIAN; NDAGIJIMANA, ROBIN; HARTLAUB, SILVIO
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Reel/Frame 026152/0922 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2007 039 740 · Aug 22, 2007 · national
DE 10 2008 006 412 · Jan 28, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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