Headrest and seat including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10150394-B2
Application number	US-201615184303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Priority date	Jun 19, 2015
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A headrest includes a stay, a headrest body, and a dynamic damper attached to the stay. The dynamic damper includes: an attachment member having an attachment portion attached to the stay and an opening having no bottom; an elastic member fixed along its entire perimeter by an edge of the opening and placed in the opening; and a weight embedded in the elastic member and placed in the opening. The attachment member includes a front-side divided body and a back-side divided body. The elastic member is sandwiched between the front-side divided body and the back-side divided body, whereby the elastic member is fixed along its entire perimeter by the edge.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A headrest for a vehicle, comprising:
a stay;
a headrest body supported by the stay; and
a dynamic damper attached to the stay and embedded in the headrest body, wherein
the dynamic damper includes: an attachment member having an attachment portion attached to the stay and an opening extending through the attachment member in a front-back direction of the headrest; an elastic member that is placed in the opening and that is fixed along an entire perimeter of the elastic member by an edge of the opening; and a weight embedded in the elastic member and placed in the opening,
the attachment member includes a front-side divided body and a back-side divided body placed on a back side of the front-side divided body, the front-side divided body having inner and outer peripheral edges and the back-side divided body having inner and outer peripheral edges,
wherein the front-side divided body and the back-side divided body are connected together such that the inner peripheral edges of the front-side divided body and back-side divided body protrude in the front-back direction toward each other and the outer peripheral edges of the front-side divided body and back-side divided body protrude in the front-back direction toward each other to define a closed loop space therebetween,
wherein the inner peripheral edges of the front-side divided body and back-side divided body define the edge of the opening,
the elastic member is sandwiched between the inner peripheral edge of the front-side divided body and the inner peripheral edge of the back-side divided body from both sides in the front-back direction of the headrest such that the edge of the opening fixes the entire perimeter of the elastic member via depression of surfaces on both sides of the elastic member, and
wherein the depression of the surfaces on both sides of the elastic member defines a closed loop shape that is retained within the closed loop space of the front-side divided body and the back-side divided body.

2. The headrest according to claim 1 , wherein
the front-back direction of the headrest is arranged along a front-rear direction or a left-right direction of the vehicle.

3. The headrest according to claim 1 , wherein
the elastic member includes a front-side elastic body and a back-side elastic body placed on a back side of the front-side elastic body,
the weight is sandwiched between the front-side elastic body and the back-side elastic body from both sides in the front-back direction of the headrest, so that the weight is placed along a boundary plane between the front-side elastic body and the back-side elastic body, and
a clearance is defined between the weight and the front-side and back-side elastic bodies along the boundary plane.

4. The headrest according to claim 3 , wherein
the elastic member having the weight embedded therein and the stay are sandwiched between the front-side divided body and the back-side divided body from both sides in the front-back direction of the headrest, so that the elastic member is fixed along the entire perimeter by the edge of the opening and the attachment portion is attached to the stay.

5. The headrest according to claim 4 , wherein
the stay includes a pair of legs extending in an up-down direction and a connecting portion connecting upper ends of the pair of legs,
the attachment member is interposed between the pair of legs, and
a pair of slit portions opening downward are defined between the attachment member and the pair of legs.

6. The headrest according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a restricting portion that restricts displacement of the weight in the front-back direction of the headrest.

7. The headrest according to claim 6 , wherein
the restricting portion is a pair of connecting members that are placed on the attachment member on both sides of the opening in the front-back direction of the headrest so as to extend across the opening.

8. The headrest according to claim 6 , wherein
the restricting portion is a pair of film members that cover the elastic member from both sides in the front-back direction of the headrest.

9. The headrest according to claim 6 , wherein
the headrest body includes a cushion member made of resin foam, and
the restricting portion is a pair of impregnated layers formed by impregnating front and back surfaces of the elastic member with a raw material of the cushion member.

10. A seat comprising the headrest according to claim 1 .

11. The headrest according to claim 1 ,
wherein an outer periphery of the front-side divided body and an outer periphery of the back-side divided body together extending beyond the perimeter of the elastic body, with respect to left-right and up-down directions of the vehicle, so as to surround the perimeter of the elastic body in a spaced-apart relationship.

12. The headrest according to claim 1 , wherein the closed loop shape of the depression is coplanar with the closed loop space, and wherein a perimeter of the closed loop shape is smaller than a perimeter of the closed loop space.

Assignees

• Tokai Chemical Ind
• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Kobayashi Seiji
• Nasu Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B60N2002/899

  characterised by structural or mechanical details not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B60N2/80 Primary

  Head-rests · CPC title