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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Arjun Yetukuri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Sajad Arabnejad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bradley C. Duncan, Harrison Township, MI (US);
David A. Hein, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Mladen Humer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Dean Rinke, Yale, MI (US);
David Gallagher, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
LEAR CORPORATION, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat assembly with an adjustable head restraint assembly capable of being adjusted based on an approximate stature or spatial location of an occupant in the seat assembly. A seat assembly may include a sensor in the seat to detect if an occupant is present. The sensor may include a plurality of bladders and pressure sensors, a radar system, or a neuro-monitoring sensor. The sensor may send a signal to a controller indicating the presence of an occupant. The controller may approximate the size and/or spatial location of the occupant and send an adjustment signal to the head restraint adjustment mechanism to adjust the head restraint assembly to an in-use position. The controller may determine that an occupant is not present and send an adjustment signal to the head restraint adjustment mechanism to adjust the head restraint assembly to a non-use position.