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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2004
Mladen Humer, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Nagarjun Yetukuri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gerald Locke, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Dale Smallwood, Clarkston, MI (US);
Mladen Humer, Eastpointe, MI (US);
Nagarjun Yetukuri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gerald Locke, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Dale Smallwood, Clarkston, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly that includes a seatback frame and an active head restraint system operatively supported by the seatback frame. The active head restraint system includes an upper armature moveably mounted to the seatback frame and a head restraint mounted to the upper armature. The active head restraint system also includes a lower armature operatively attached to the upper armature. The lower armature is operable to move toward the upper armature in response to a predetermined force applied to the lower armature and act on the upper armature to move the head restraint toward the occupant.