Device for moving headrest back and forth

• US 7,455,363 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2004
• Issued: 11/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Woobo Tech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Woobo Tech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chung, Hae Il
• Primary Examiner(s): MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM
• Application Number:
  US10/553,339
• Publication Number:
  US 20070013219A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,686 Days
• Field of Search: 297/391, 297/406, 297/407, 297/408, 297/216.12
• US Class Current: 297/407
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/809 vertically slidable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/862 with means for maintaining a desired position when the seat-back is adjusted, e.g. parallelogram mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/865 providing a fore-and-aft movement with respect to the occupant's head

Abstract

A device for moving headrest back and forth for automobile in which a tilt adjusting device and a back and forth movement device are united into a single device is provided. The device comprises a stay 114, a ratchet member RM, a tilt adjusting device (TAD), a check member CM, a back and forth movement device MD, a first torsion coil spring 130, one or a pair of second torsion coil springs 121 and a mobile shaft 122 for the back and forth movement device (MD).

Claims

1. A device for moving a headrest back and forth, comprising

a stay (114) mounted with a horizontal portion (112) and a pair of parallel vertical portions (110);

a ratchet member (RM) provided with a gear portion (116) formed with a plurality of teeth (116a) and a jaw (116b) and disposed on a central part of the horizontal portion (112) of the stay (114);

a tilt adjusting device (TAD) comprising a pair of parallel members, each having a lower portion in pivotal engagement with the horizontal portion (112) of said stay (114);

a check member (CM) comprising one or a pair of pivotable gears (120) having teeth (120a ) to travel on and engage with the teeth (116a) of said ratchet member (RM) installed so that the reverse rotation of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) may be prevented;

a back and forth movement device (MD) comprising a pair of parallel members, one end of which is pivotably connected to the horizontal portion (112) of said stay (114), adjoining said ratchet member (RM) and arranged to move the headrest back and forth;

a first torsion coil spring (130), two ends of which are respectively hooked on the horizontal portion (112) of said stay (114) and one of the parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD);

one or a pair of second torsion coil springs (121) having one end hooked on said pivotable gear (120); and

a mobile shaft (122) axially mounted to pass through upper portions of the parallel members of said back and forth movement device (MD).

2. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, further comprising one or a pair of mounting panels (124) fixed on said mobile shaft (122).

3. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 2, wherein said ratchet member (RM) has two opposite gear portions (116).

4. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 2, wherein said pivotable gear (120) has a jaw (120b) for interacting with the jaw (116b) of said ratchet member (RM) and is pivotably arranged on either a support fixed on the horizontal portion (112) of said stay (114) or one of the two parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD).

5. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 2, wherein the parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD) are installed in pivotal engagement with the horizontal portion of said stay (114) by a shaft passing through holes in said members and said ratchet member (RM) or said support for said pivotable gear (120).

6. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 2, wherein one end of said first torsion coil spring (130) is hooked on said ratchet member (RM) or a support for said pivotable gear (120) fixed on the horizontal portion of said stay (1 14).

7. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second torsion coil spring has the other end hooked on one of the parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD).

8. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ratchet member (RM) has two opposite gear portions (116).

9. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pivotable gear (120) has a jaw (120b) for interacting with the jaw (116b) of said ratchet member (RM) and is pivotably arranged on either a support fixed on the horizontal portion (112) of said stay (114) or one of the two parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD).

10. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein the parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD) are installed in pivotal engagement with the horizontal portion of said stay (114) by a shaft passing through holes in said members and said ratchet member (RM) or a support for said pivotable gear (120).

11. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of said first torsion coil spring (130) is hooked on said ratchet member (RM) or a support for said pivotable gear (120) fixed on the horizontal portion of said stay (114).

12. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 11, wherein said first torsion coil spring (130) is wound around the horizontal portion of said stay (114).

13. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second torsion coil spring has the other end hooked on one of the parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD).

14. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein sail pivotable gear (120) has a jaw (120b) for interacting with the jaw (116b) of said ratchet member RM and is pivotably arranged on either a support fixed on the horizontal portion (112) of said stay (114) or one of the two parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD).

15. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein the parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD) are installed in pivotal engagement with the horizontal portion of said stay (114) by a shaft passing through holes in said members and said ratchet member (RM) or said support for said pivotable gear (120).

16. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of said first torsion coil spring (130) is hooked on said ratchet member (RM) or a support for said pivotable gear (120) fixed on the horizontal portion of said stay (114).

17. The device for moving a headrest back and forth as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second torsion coil spring has the other end hooked on one of the parallel members of said tilt adjusting device (TAD) or said back and forth movement device (MD).