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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Mladen Humer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Sai Prasad Jammalamadaka, Novi, MI (US);
Gerald S. Locke, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Michael Przybylski, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Alex Van Duyne, Plymouth, MI (US);
Eric Veine, Wixom, MI (US);
Arjun V. Yetukuri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Mladen Humer, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Sai Prasad Jammalamadaka, Novi, MI (US);
Gerald S. Locke, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Michael Przybylski, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Alex Van Duyne, Plymouth, MI (US);
Eric Veine, Wixom, MI (US);
Arjun V. Yetukuri, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
Multiple vehicle seats are disclosed with active head restraint systems that receive an input force from an occupant during an impact by a torso support, which consequently actuates a linkage that translates a head restraint upward and forward to the head of the occupant. In one embodiment, the torso support has a translatable connection with the seatback frame and another translatable connection with the linkage. In another embodiment, a torso support is pivotally connected to a pair of links which are each pivotally connected to the frame. In yet another embodiment, the seatback frame includes a structural wire, which provides pivotal connections for two of the links of the linkage.