Headrest support structure
AssigneesNHK Spring Co., Ltd., Subaru Corporation
InventorsNozomu Munemura, Tatsuhiro Takakusaki, Takuya Hasegawa, Naoki Endo
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Abstract
A headrest support structure includes: a headrest body; a bushing; and a headrest stay, the bushing comprises a support section that supports the headrest stay in the bushing, and the support section includes: a fixed portion that is abutted against an outer peripheral face of the headrest stay, and a flexing portion that is provided on an opposite side of the headrest stay from the fixed portion, and that is capable of flexing so as to be abutted against the outer peripheral face of the headrest stay when the bushing has been inserted into the retention section and the headrest stay has been inserted into the bushing.
Claims9
A headrest support structure comprising:
- a headrest body that is provided above a seatback and that supports a head of an occupant;
- a bushing that is inserted into a tube-shaped retention section provided at an upper end portion of the seatback;
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- a headrest stay that comprises an upper end portion fixed to the headrest body and a lower end portion inserted into an insertion hole provided in the bushing such that the headrest stay enables movement of the headrest body in a vehicle up-down direction,
- the bushing comprising a support section that supports the headrest stay in the bushing, and the support section including:
- a fixed portion that is abutted against an outer peripheral face of the headrest stay, and
- a flexing portion that is provided on an opposite side of the headrest stay from the fixed portion, and that is capable of flexing so as to be abutted against the outer peripheral face of the headrest stay when the bushing has been inserted into the retention section and the headrest stay has been inserted into the bushing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.