IP Library Granted Patent US 11,518,284
Granted Patent B2
US 11,518,284 · App. 17/277,756 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Support for a headrest, headrest and seat

Inventors: Michael Fimpel (Remseck am Neckar, DE); Robert Schuele (Leonberg, DE)
Assignee: Adient US LLC
B60N2/853B60N2/818B60N2/829B60N2/865B60N2002/924
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Patent No.
US 11,518,284
App. No.
17/277,756
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support for a headrest may have a single-part bending joint support which may have two support regions. A first support region may be situated in a backrest, and a second support region may be designed to receive a headrest body. Also included is a headrest for a seat, including a vehicle seat, that may have at least one headrest body and a support mentioned above and a seat.

Claims (21)

1. A headrest for a vehicle seat, comprising at least one headrest body and a carrier, the carrier comprising a one-piece bending joint carrier, wherein the one-piece bending joint carrier comprises two carrier regions, wherein a first carrier region is arrangeable in a backrest and a second carrier region is configured to receive a headrest body and wherein the one-piece bending joint carrier comprises a plurality of bending joints, which are configured each to perform a predefined angular movement in order to adjust the bending joint carrier in at least two degrees of freedom, wherein the bending joints are each formed by a thinning of material between two adjacent coupling links.

2. The headrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one-piece bending joint carrier is formed from a plurality of coupling links, wherein a bending joint is arranged in each case between two coupling links.

3. The headrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one-piece bending joint carrier is in the form of a multi-bar linkage mechanism.

4. The headrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bending joints are configured to each be adjusted in one degree of freedom.

5. The headrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one-piece bending joint carrier is configured, in a state in which it has been manufactured but not yet formed into the carrier, in the form of a chain of coupling links arranged next to one another, comprising

a terminal coupling link arranged at a first end of the chain,

a terminal coupling link arranged at a second end of the chain,

a central coupling link, and

two intermediate coupling links,

wherein an intermediate coupling link is arranged between the central coupling link and one of the terminal coupling links.

6. The headrest as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the central coupling link is configured, in a state of the bending joint carrier in which it has been formed into the carrier, as a connecting coupling link that connects the carrier regions together.

7. The headrest as claimed in claim 5 , wherein, in the state of the bending joint carrier in which it has been formed into the carrier, the terminal coupling links have been brought together and coupled to one another in an articulated manner in a region of the central coupling link.

8. The headrest as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the terminal coupling links have been coupled to one another in an articulated manner by a fastening element in a region of the central coupling link.

9. The headrest as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the central coupling link has at least one slotted guide, in which the fastening element is held in a movable manner.

10. The headrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one-piece bending joint carrier is a plastics part.

11. The headrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one-piece bending joint carrier is a bent sheet-metal part.

12. A seat, including a vehicle seat, comprising at least:

a backrest, and

a headrest as claimed in claim 1 , held on the backrest,

wherein the first carrier region of the carrier is arranged inside the backrest, and

the second carrier region is arranged outside the backrest.

Assignments (4)
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 ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: FIMPEL, MICHAEL; SCHUELE, ROBERT
To: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
Reel/Frame 055799/0424 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2018 216 177.1 · Sep 21, 2018 · national
DE 10 2018 222 808.6 · Dec 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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