Vehicle seat
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsHeiko Malsch, Harald Fischer
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Abstract
Vehicle seat (1), in particular for a passenger car, having a backrest (3) and a head restraint (7) which is arranged at the upper end of the said backrest and has a head restraint rear part (9) mounted essentially rigidly in the backrest, and a head restraint front part (13) which can be pivoted about an essentially horizontal rotational axis (15), in particular at the upper end of the head restraint rear part, having at least one driving device (17, 19, 21) for pivoting the head restraint front part forwards about the rotational axis by a large angular amount in response to a first control signal indicating a vehicle impact, and by settable angular amounts in response to a second control signal indicating a desired inclination of the head restraint, for adjusting the inclination.
Claims18
A vehicle seat for a passenger car, comprising:
- a backrest;
- a head restraint arranged on an upper end of the backrest, the head restraint including a rear part mounted to the backrest and a front part configured to contact a seat occupant and pivotable with respect to the rear part, the front part being pivotally connected to the rear part along a horizontal rotational axis;
- a spreading-lever device connected at a first end to the front part and connected at a second end to the rear part for pivoting the front part with respect to the rear part;
- at least one driving device that actuates the spreading-lever device in response to at least one control signal;
- and
- a cable that connects the at least one driving device to the spreading-lever device, wherein the cable is connected to the spreading-lever device at a linkage point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.