HEADREST AND VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20150097408A1
• Filed: 10/03/2014
• Published: 04/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited
• Original Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited
• Inventors: NAKATA, SHINICHI, Hirose, Tomohiro, Sanpei, Masaharu
• Granted Patent: US 9,656,579 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/391
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/80 Head-rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/899 characterised by structural or mechanical details not otherwise provided for

Abstract

A headrest comprising a pad member that includes a recess shaped housing portion open to a rear side when the headrest is assembled to a vehicle seat and that is a resilient body that supports the head of an occupant; and an attachment member that has a portion housed in the housing portion, that is formed with an opening portion for attaching a display device to, and that further has an outer peripheral portion of the opening portion that is disposed further to the rear side than the pad member.

Claims

1. A headrest comprising:

a pad member including a recess shaped housing portion open to a rear side when the headrest is assembled to a vehicle seat and being a resilient body that supports the head of an occupant; and

an attachment member having a portion housed in the housing portion, being formed with an opening portion for attaching a display device to, and further having an outer peripheral portion of the opening portion that is disposed further to the rear side than the pad member.

2. The headrest of claim 1, further comprising:

a covering member covering the pad member;

wherein, the outer peripheral portion is a folded-over portion that is folded over from an edge configuring the opening portion of the attachment member, and that supports a portion of the covering member at the folded-over portion.

3. The headrest of claim 1, wherein:

the attachment member is formed in a box shape open at the opening portion, and includes a bottom plate, an upper plate with a plate face facing upward, one side plate with a plate face facing one side, another side plate with a plate face facing the other side, and a lower plate with a plate face facing downward,

the attachment member is formed with a cutout that enables flexing of the lower plate,

the upper plate is formed with an engaged portion that is engaged by an engagement portion formed to an upper portion of the display device, and

the lower plate is formed with a communication hole that is in communication with an attachment hole formed to a lower portion of the display device.

4. The headrest of claim 3, wherein the cutout is respectively formed to a corner portion formed by the one side plate and the lower plate, and a corner portion formed by the other side plate and the lower plate.

5. A vehicle seat comprising:

a frame that is a support body;

a seatback that supports the back of an occupant, and that is attached to the frame;

the headrest of any one of claim 1 that supports the head of the occupant, and that is attached to the frame; and

a seat cushion that supports the buttocks of the occupant, and that is attached to the frame.