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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
Applicants:
Karl-heinz Baumann, Bondorf, DE;
Michael Fehring, Neuhausen, DE;
Inventors:
Karl-Heinz Baumann, Bondorf, DE;
Michael Fehring, Neuhausen, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 22/00 (2006.01); E05F 15/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/48 (2006.01); B60N 2/427 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/4885 (2013.01); B60N 2/4279 (2013.01); B60N 2/42745 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method of protecting the occupant in a vehicle seat, particularly in a passenger car (the vehicle seat comprising at least a seat surface, a backrest and a headrest), upon detection of a present or imminent rear impact, by means of an active movement of the backrest and/or of the headrest, a force is applied to the vehicle occupant in the direction of the effect of the impact force occurring as a result of the rear impact.