Abrégé

A headrest assembly for use in a vehicle includes a housing having a front portion and a rear portion. The headrest assembly also includes an armature operatively coupling the rear portion to a seatback of an automobile seat. The front portion includes a central panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, wherein the first side panel pivots relative to the central panel about a first vertical axis, and the second side panel pivots relative to the central panel about a second vertical axis. The headrest assembly also includes a first spring clip assembly connecting the first side panel to a side of the central panel and a second spring clip assembly connecting the second side panel to an opposite side of the central panel, the first and second spring clip assemblies maintaining an angular position of the first and second side panels absent manual adjustment.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/80 - Appuis-tête

Abrégé

A lockable armrest assembly includes an armrest having a locking member protruding through an arc-shaped opening defined by a latch main body and moveable therein during rotation of the armrest. The lockable armrest assembly further includes a latch assembly operatively coupled to the latch main body, the latch assembly comprising a latch and a spring, the latch pivotably coupled to the latch main body, the spring resisting movement of the latch during acceleration events below a predetermined acceleration threshold to maintain the latch in a non-blocking position, the latch moveable to a blocking position relative to the arc-shaped opening of the latch main body to block movement of the locking member of the armrest in response to an acceleration event greater than the predetermined acceleration threshold to lock the lockable armrest in a stowed condition.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/75 - Accoudoirs
• B60N 2/90 - Détails ou éléments non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

A headrest assembly for use in a vehicle includes a housing having a front portion and a rear portion. The headrest assembly also includes an armature operatively coupling the rear portion to a seatback of an automobile seat. The front portion includes a central panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, wherein the first side panel pivots relative to the central panel about a first vertical axis, and the second side panel pivots relative to the central panel about a second vertical axis. The headrest assembly also includes a first spring clip assembly connecting the first side panel to a side of the central panel and a second spring clip assembly connecting the second side panel to an opposite side of the central panel, the first and second spring clip assemblies maintaining an angular position of the first and second side panels absent manual adjustment.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/818 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs dispositifs de verrouillage à positionnement pas-à-pas
• B60N 2/885 - Appuis-tête pourvus d’appuis latéraux
• B60N 2/829 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs mécanismes de réglage, p. ex. moteurs électriques
• B60N 2/806 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables

Abrégé

A head restraint assembly includes a base portion including a first post portion extending in a vertical direction. Also included is a head restraint operatively coupled to the base portion. Further included is a housing comprising a front shell and a rear shell. Yet further included is a lock slide manually moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. Also included is at least one armature biasing member surrounding a portion of the base portion and biasing the base portion to be in constant contact with the front shell. Further included is at least one journal friction spring disposed within at least one of the front shell and the rear shell to control a manual adjustment effort, the at least one armature biasing member and the at least one journal friction spring biasing the housing in the same direction.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/806 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables
• B60N 2/809 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement
• B60N 2/812 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs dispositifs de verrouillage
• B60N 2/815 - Mécanismes de libération, p. ex. boutons
• B60N 2/818 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs dispositifs de verrouillage à positionnement pas-à-pas
• B60N 2/824 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs dispositifs de verrouillage à positionnement en continu utilisant des ressorts
• B60N 2/894 - Appuis-tête avec des tiges solidement fixées sur le dossier
• B60N 2/90 - Détails ou éléments non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

A head restraint assembly includes a base portion including a first post portion extending in a vertical direction. The assembly also includes a head restraint operatively coupled to the base portion. The assembly further includes a lock slide manually moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition, the locked condition disposing a portion of the lock slide within one of a plurality of recesses of the first post portion, the unlocked condition defined by removal of the lock slide from the plurality of recesses to allow adjustment of the head restraint in the vertical direction.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/806 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables
• B60N 2/809 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement
• B60N 2/812 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs dispositifs de verrouillage
• B60N 2/815 - Mécanismes de libération, p. ex. boutons
• B60N 2/818 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs dispositifs de verrouillage à positionnement pas-à-pas
• B60N 2/824 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs dispositifs de verrouillage à positionnement en continu utilisant des ressorts
• B60N 2/894 - Appuis-tête avec des tiges solidement fixées sur le dossier
• B60N 2/90 - Détails ou éléments non prévus ailleurs

Abrégé

A head restraint assembly includes a base portion mountable to a vehicle seat. Also included is a frame plate disposed within a cover. Further included is a vertical power actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the frame plate for vertical adjustment of the frame plate. Yet further included is a fore-aft power actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the frame plate for fore-aft adjustment of the frame plate.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/80 - Appuis-tête
• B60N 2/806 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables
• B60N 2/829 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables coulissant verticalement caractérisés par leurs mécanismes de réglage, p. ex. moteurs électriques
• B60N 2/865 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables permettant un mouvement avant-arrière par rapport à la tête de l’occupant
• B60N 2/02 - Sièges spécialement adaptés aux véhiculesAgencement ou montage des sièges dans les véhicules le siège ou l'une de ses parties étant mobile, p. ex. réglable

Abrégé

A head restraint assembly includes a one-piece armature including a cross member having an offset portion. Also included is a ratcheting mechanism having a pivot plate directly and fixedly engaged with the offset portion of the cross member. Further included is a pivot pin extending through an aperture defined by the pivot plate and tangentially contacting a forward portion of the one-piece armature.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/853 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables basculants caractérisés par leurs mécanismes de réglage, p. ex. moteurs électriques
• B60N 2/847 - Appuis-tête mobiles ou réglables basculants caractérisés par leurs dispositifs de verrouillage à positionnement pas-à-pas
• B60N 2/68 - Armatures de sièges

Abrégé

A lockable armrest includes a main body. The lockable armrest also includes a latch assembly operatively coupled to the main body. The latch assembly includes a latch coupled to the main body with a spring resisting movement of the latch during acceleration events below a predetermined acceleration threshold. The latch assembly also includes a locking member operatively coupled to the main body, the latch moveable into engagement with the locking member in response to an acceleration event greater than the predetermined acceleration threshold to lock the lockable armrest in a stowed condition.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60N 2/42 - Sièges spécialement adaptés aux véhiculesAgencement ou montage des sièges dans les véhicules à des fins particulières ou pour des véhicules particuliers le siège étant construit pour protéger son occupant des effets des forces d'accélération anormales, p. ex. sièges anticollision ou sièges de sécurité
• B60N 3/10 - Aménagements ou adaptations d'autres accessoires pour passagers, non prévus ailleurs de réceptacles pour nourriture ou boissons, p. ex. réfrigérés
• B60N 2/433 - Verrouillages de sécurité pour dossiers, p. ex. à tiges de verrouillage actionnées par inertie
• B60N 2/75 - Accoudoirs

Abrégé

A ratcheting armrest assembly includes an articulating frame assembly. Also included is a ratchet anchor operatively coupled to the articulating frame assembly for rotation with the articulating frame assembly. Further included is an anchor assembly operatively coupled to the articulating frame assembly. Yet further included is a ratchet operatively coupled to the anchor assembly. The ratchet includes a first plurality of teeth and the ratchet anchor including a second plurality of teeth, wherein the first plurality of teeth and the second plurality of teeth are engageable with each other, the second plurality of teeth free to rotate relative to the first plurality of teeth in a first rotational direction and self-locking with the first plurality of teeth in a second rotational direction. Also included is a directional spring biasing the ratchet in the second direction in a first orientation and in the first direction in a second orientation.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47C 7/54 - Appuis pour les bras
• B60N 2/46 - Appuis-bras
• B60N 2/44 - Détails ou parties constitutives de sièges, non prévus ailleurs