Universitaet Des Saarlandes

Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern

Hochschule Fresenius

Universität Des Saarlandes

Hochschule Kaiserslautern

Frank Kalka

Benjamin Schaal

Lutz-Achim Gaeng

Frank Klein

Stefan Meyer

Susanne Ehmer

Paul Schatke

Vera Waiz

Markus Zimmer

Ralf Goutier

Michael Otte

Sebastian Schlueter

Christoph Krick

Hanno Felder

Peter Muench

Sebastian SCHLÜTER

Peter MÜNCH

Lutz-Achim GÄNG

A head-rest of a vehicle seat with a deformable central supporting body which forms an impact zone for the head of a vehicle occupant and into which the kinetic energy of the head in the event of an accident is admitted. On both sides of the impact zone the central supporting bodies are joined by lateral supporting surfaces which are extendable out of the plane of the head-rest in the direction of travel in order to laterally support the head. In order to avoid or at least to reduce the risk of a cervical-spine whiplash injury, it is proposed according to the invention that the head-rest comprises a device for absorbing the energy admitted into the central supporting body and for outputting the absorbed energy in order to activate lateral supporting surfaces.

Head-rest of a vehicle seat

Growing community of inventors

Saarlouis, Germany

Frank Kalka