Keiper Gmbh Co. Kg

Ali Peter Rihlmann

Daniel Hippel

Harald Klein

Georg Ruess

Jürgen Schilling

Michael Böhmer

Darius Wrobel

In a headrest () for a vehicle seat, having a carrier (), at least one upper and lower linkage () linked to the carrier (), which can be pivoted around horizontal axles (), a impact element () linked to the linkages () which forms at least one four-bar linkage () with the linkages () and the carrier (), and an energy storage device (), the energy storage device () driving the four-bar linkage () in the event of a crash, so that the impact element () comes out forward from an original position into a crash position that is locked against a backward movement by a crash lock, the upper linkage () and the lower linkage () are unparallel with respect to one another.

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Kaiserslautern, Germany

Ali Peter Rihlmann