IP Library Granted Patent US 12,043,154
Granted Patent B2
US 12,043,154 · App. 17/756,919 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Backrest for a vehicle seat

Inventor: Thomas Dillinger (Ratingen, DE)
Assignee: Adient US LLC
B60N2/879A47C7/727G10K11/1752H04R1/023H04R1/025H04R1/26H04R2499/13
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Patent No.
US 12,043,154
App. No.
17/756,919
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A backrest for a vehicle seat may have a backrest part, a head restraint part and an acoustic arrangement. The acoustic arrangement is arranged above the backrest part and may have at least one central loudspeaker and at least two side loudspeakers. The central loudspeaker may be built into the head restraint part and each of the at least two side loudspeakers may be arranged on a support. A vehicle seat with the backrest is also provided.

Claims (19)

1. A backrest for a vehicle seat, wherein the backrest comprises:

a backrest part,

a head restraint part and

an acoustic arrangement, wherein the acoustic arrangement is arranged above the backrest part and comprises at least one central loudspeaker and at least two side loudspeakers,

wherein the central loudspeaker is integrated in the head restraint part and the at least two side loudspeakers are arranged on a support,

wherein the support comprises a polymer material comprising a rubber-like polymer material comprising ethylene-propylene-diene rubber, or spring steel.

2. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acoustic arrangement comprises a control unit with a noise compensation and/or noise elimination function which is configured such that undesirable noises in the vicinity of the acoustic arrangement can be suppressed or can be faded out, for example, by frequency superimposition.

3. The backrest as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to take into consideration the position of the user of the vehicle seat, wherein the position of the user comprises the position of the head of the user of the vehicle seat.

4. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support has at least one bow.

5. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support is elastic and/or flexible.

6. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two side loudspeakers can be adjusted by the support in a position relative to a user's head.

7. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acoustic arrangement comprising the side loudspeakers, is oriented in the direction of an ear region of a user of the vehicle seat.

8. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support protrudes on either side of the head restraint part, wherein the protrusion is obliquely forward and outward.

9. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two side loudspeakers are arranged and held in a respective receiving opening of the support.

10. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two side loudspeakers are combined mid-range and tweeter loudspeakers.

11. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the side loudspeakers are arranged in such a manner that a directly radiating acoustic sound or an indirectly radiating acoustic sound is oriented in the direction of ears of a user of the vehicle seat.

12. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central loudspeaker is a low-frequency loudspeaker.

13. The backrest as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the central loudspeaker is covered by a cover element, the cover element comprising a padded cover element, or a separate padding element in the direction of a head support surface.

14. A vehicle seat, having the backrest as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
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 Jun 6, 2022
From: DILLINGER, THOMAS
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 060107/0646 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 219 370.6 · Dec 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230001834A1 · Jan 5, 2023
Cited By (1)
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