Auto-adjust vehicle headrest

Details Auto-adjust vehicle headrest Auto-adjust vehicle headrest

2011-06-28

2011-06-28

Dunn, David (Department: 3636)

Chairs and seats

Combined

With electrical feature

C297S410000, C701S049000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07967377

ABSTRACT:
A headrest has a generally stationary support, a headrest body having a forwardly directed front face and positioned such that a head of a user seated in front of the support is generally level with the body, and a guide securing the body to the support for vertical movement relative to the support. A drive can vertically shift the body relative to the support. A sensor assembly has at least three horizontally elongated and vertically spaced electrodes carried on the front face. A controller connected to the electrodes and to the drive means detects a vertical position of the user's head relative to the body and displaces the body so as to centrally align with the user's head.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3898472 (1975-08-01), Long
patent: 4177421 (1979-12-01), Thornburg
patent: 4295376 (1981-10-01), Bell
patent: 4300116 (1981-11-01), Stahovec
patent: 4645233 (1987-02-01), Bruse
patent: 5166679 (1992-11-01), Vranish et al.
patent: 5373245 (1994-12-01), Vranish
patent: 5588673 (1996-12-01), Green et al.
patent: 5848661 (1998-12-01), Fu
patent: 5882071 (1999-03-01), Fohl
patent: 6042145 (2000-03-01), Mitschelen et al.
patent: 6104972 (2000-08-01), Miyamoto et al.
patent: 6213548 (2001-04-01), Van Wynsberghe et al.
patent: 6402195 (2002-06-01), Eisenmann
patent: 6437695 (2002-08-01), Eisenmann et al.
patent: 7145263 (2006-12-01), Nathan
patent: 7575085 (2009-08-01), Kamizono et al.
patent: 2003/0090133 (2003-05-01), Nathan et al.
patent: 2004/0199318 (2004-10-01), Shieh et al.
patent: 2007/0052265 (2007-03-01), Sakai et al.
patent: 198 17 199 (1999-12-01), None
patent: 19916804 (2000-08-01), None
patent: 199 33 769 (2001-01-01), None
patent: 100 65 845 (2002-08-01), None

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Auto-adjust vehicle headrest does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Auto-adjust vehicle headrest, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Auto-adjust vehicle headrest will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2621611