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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2005
Jürgen Schilling, Kaiserslautern-Erlenbach, DE;
Michael Böhmer, Rockenhausen, DE;
Daniel Hippel, Winnweiler, DE;
Darius Wrobel, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Harald Klein, Matzenbach, DE;
Georg Ruess, Oberarnbach, DE;
Ali Peter Rihlmann, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Jürgen Schilling, Kaiserslautern-Erlenbach, DE;
Michael Böhmer, Rockenhausen, DE;
Daniel Hippel, Winnweiler, DE;
Darius Wrobel, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Harald Klein, Matzenbach, DE;
Georg Ruess, Oberarnbach, DE;
Ali Peter Rihlmann, Kaiserslautern, DE;
KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Abstract
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.