Intier Automotive Inc

Thomas Edward Kreitler

David Michael Schacht

Frank T Eupizi

Hans S Grohs

An automotive seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back, and a multi-position head restraint mounted to the seat back that is moveable between a deployed position and a retracted position. The seat assembly is characterized by a control mechanism mounted within the head restraint that allows the head restraint to be easily movable between the deployed and retracted positions. The control mechanism allows the passenger to place the head restraint in the retracted position by pushing down on the head restraint when the head restraint is in the deployed position. The passenger simply uses an actuation lever of the control mechanism to place the head restraint in the deployed position when the head restraint is in the retracted position.

Multi-position head restraint

A head restraint guide assembly mounted into apertures formed in a seatback frame for receiving support posts of a head restraint. The head restraint guide allows for incremental adjustment and locking of the height of the head restraint relative to the seatback frame. The guide assembly has opposite upper and lower ends. A center bore extends between and through both of the upper and lower ends. The guide assembly comprises a generally cylindrical main body having upper and lower portions. A lip is formed in the upper portion adjacent to the lower portion. A lattice of structural ribs extends outwardly from the upper portion and extends between the lip and the upper end of the guide assembly. The lower portion comprises a pair of symmetrically opposite and spaced apart legs that extend downwardly from the upper portion. The legs are elastically inwardly displaceable. Each leg includes a ramped surface to facilitate insertion into the seatback frame. Each ramped surface terminates at a locating edge. The lip and the locating edge together serve to axially locate and lock the guide assembly in the apertures of the seat back.

Structural head restraint guide

A seat assembly mounted on a floor of a motor vehicle includes a seat cushion having a seat cushion frame operatively secured to the floor. The seat assembly also includes a seat back having a seat back frame including side members and an upper crossmember extending between the side members fixedly secured to the seat cushion frame. A recliner mechanism is fixedly secured to the seat cushion frame for pivotally moving the seat back relative to the seat cushion, and an armrest is connected to one of the side members. In addition, a bracket includes a base and first and second mounting arms extending out from the base. The base is fixedly secured to one of the side members. The armrest is secured to the first mounting arm and the recliner mechanism is secured to the second mounting arm such that the bracket maintains a predetermined distance between the armrest and the recliner mechanism.

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Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

Thomas Edward Kreitler