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US 10,118,512 B2Granted
Adjustable head restraint
AssigneeAdient Luxembourg Holding S.à.r.l.
InventorsDalibor Dimovski, Kenneth Clark, Steve Clark, Emery Jay Zadina, Alan Boyko, David Hayes
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Abstract
A head restraint may include a support structure with an opening, adjustable flexible elongated members, and an adjustment mechanism. The elongated members may be attached to the support structure, may span the opening in the support structure, and may be configured to support a user's head. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to at least one of automatically and/or manually adjust tension of at least portions of the elongated members spanning the opening.
Claims14
A head restraint comprising:
- a support structure with an opening;
- adjustable flexible elongated members attached to the support structure, spanning the opening in the support structure, and configured to support a user's head in at least an adjustable comfort mode;
- an adjustment mechanism configured to at least one of automatically or manually adjust tension of at least portions of the elongated members spanning the opening;
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- an actuator that actuates the adjustment mechanism to adjust the tension of the elongated members,
- wherein the actuator operates in the comfort mode to cause the adjustment mechanism to adjust the tension of the elongated members according to a desired tension for comfort, wherein the comfort mode corresponds to normal use of the head restraint.
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A head restraint comprising:
- a support structure with an opening;
- adjustable flexible elongated members attached to the support structure, spanning the opening in the support structure, and configured to support a user's head;
- an adjustment mechanism configured to at least one of automatically or manually adjust tension of at least portions of the elongated members spanning the opening;
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- an actuator that actuates the adjustment mechanism to adjust the tension of the elongated members,
- wherein the actuator operates automatically in a collision mode to cause the adjustment mechanism to change the tension of the elongated members to a collision tension when a collision is detected,
- wherein the actuator is actuated by a control unit that is configured to determine the collision tension based at least in part on a relative angle of a seat back to a seat cushion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.