Headrest and vehicle seat

• US 9,656,579 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2014
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited
• Original Assignee: NHK Spring Company Limited
• Inventors: Hirose, Tomohiro, Sanpei, Masaharu, Nakata, Shinichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARRISON, ALEXANDER SCOTT
• Application Number:
  US14/505,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20150097408A1
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• Field of Search: 29718804, 2972173
• 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,

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 comprises a slit that enables flexing of the lower plate,

the slit is disposed at a corner portion formed by the lower plate with one of the one side plate and the other side, and

an end of the slit is open at the opening portion of the attachment member such that the outer peripheral portion of the opening portion of the attachment member is separated by the slit,

wherein the pad member comprises a lower bottom portion at a lower side of the recess shaped housing portion; and

a covering member covering the pad member, wherein at least a portion of the covering member is disposed in the slit.

2. The headrest of claim 1,

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 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. 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 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.

5. The headrest of claim 1, wherein:

a lower cloth of the covering member covers the lower bottom portion of the pad member from a lower side of the lower bottom portion, and

the lower plate of the attachment member is disposed above the lower bottom portion of the pad member and the lower cloth of the covering member.