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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoichi Watanabe, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/1055 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/1055 ;
Abstract
A headrest ( ) is mounted to a seat back ( ) and movable forward from a set position, a linking mechanism ( ) is provided on the seat back ( ) for transmitting an inertial force due to the load by a passenger's body acting on the seat back ( ), causing the headrest ( ) to move forward, a detector ( ) performs a detection of contact of the passenger'body with the headrest ( ), and a canceler ( ) cancels transmission of the inertial force by the linking mechanism ( ) when contact of the passenger's body with the headrest ( ) is detected by the detector ( ).