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US 9,446,692 B2Granted
Bearing for use in sliding head restraint
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
InventorsTimothy J. Hagan, Abe Sanchez, Paul Haines, Heiko Jessler, Brandon S. Murphy, Vincent DiMartino, Chloe Echikson
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to bearings, guide sleeves and head restraint assemblies for automobiles.
Claims20
A head restraint assembly, comprising:
- a head restraint comprising a body and a first and second post extending from the body;
- a first guide sleeve comprising a first bearing comprising a generally cylindrical body having a sidewall including a gap extending along an entire axial length of the generally cylindrical body, wherein the sidewall includes an undeformed portion and a plurality of wave structures extending radially from the undeformed portion, and wherein the first guide sleeve is slidably engaged to the first post;
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- a second guide sleeve slidably engaged to the second post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.