Dynamic damper, headrest, and vehicular seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11760247-B2
Application number	US-202017422926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2020
Priority date	Jan 16, 2019
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

A dynamic damper is provided which includes a weight, an elastic member that supports the weight so as to allow vibration, and a damper case that houses the weight and the elastic member, wherein the dynamic damper also includes corner part checking means for checking at least some corner parts among corner parts where at least one end face of the weight and first and second side faces that are each continuous from the one end face and are adjacent to each other meet. This enables the ease of assembly to be enhanced by enabling a corner part of a weight to be checked when assembling the weight into a damper case, and also enables the state in which the elastic member is mounted on an end part of the weight to be easily checked.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dynamic damper comprising a weight, an elastic member that supports the weight so that the weight can vibrate, and a damper case that houses the weight and the elastic member,
wherein the weight includes:
an upper end face, a lower end face, and first and second side faces that are continuous from the upper end face and the lower end face and are adjacent to each other; and
corner parts, wherein each of the corner parts is formed by one of the upper end face and the lower end face, and the first and second side faces,

wherein the elastic member comprises:
a first elastic member that covers an outside face between the upper end face and the lower end face of the weight over substantially an entire periphery of the outside face;
a second elastic member that covers the upper end face of the weight; and
a third elastic member that covers the lower end face of the weight,

wherein the first elastic member, the second elastic member and the third elastic member are separate members,
wherein the dynamic damper comprises a corner part check device for checking at least one of the corner parts,
wherein the corner part check device is a portion of the elastic member that does not cover the at least one of the corner parts to expose the at least one of the corner parts.

2. The dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein the second and third elastic members each connect the upper end face and the lower end face of the weight to an inner face of the damper case.

3. The dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein the corner part check device is formed from a cutout part that is formed in the first elastic member so as to expose the at least one of the corner parts of the weight.

4. The dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member is formed into an end part shape that exposes at least one end part of the weight that includes at least two of the corner parts, and the end part shape forms the corner part check device.

5. The dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein the weight is formed so as to have a polygonal cross section, the first elastic member has a bent part that corresponds to a corner of a side face of the weight, and
the bent part is provided with a bending facilitation device that makes bending of the first elastic member easier via the bent part than via a part other than the bent part.

6. The dynamic damper according to claim 5 , wherein the bending facilitation device is formed from a thin part that is formed in part of the first elastic member so as to correspond to a corner of a side face of the weight.

7. The dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member and the second and third elastic members are formed from different elastic materials.

8. The dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member is disposed so as to be spaced from at least one of the second and third elastic members.

9. The dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein a friction-reducing member that is positioned on the side opposite to the weight and abuts against an inner face of the damper case is mounted on the second and third elastic members, and
the second and third elastic members are disposed in a compressed state between the friction-reducing member and the weight within the damper case.

10. A headrest comprising the dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein the damper case is retained by a frame or a cushion member of the headrest.

11. A vehicular seat comprising the dynamic damper according to claim 1 , wherein the damper case is retained by a cushion member or a frame of at least one of a seat back and a seat cushion.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mishiba Kazuhiro
• So Tadashi
• Murayama Taro

Classifications

• B60N2/879 Primary

  with additional features not related to head-rest positioning, e.g. heating or cooling devices or loudspeakers · CPC title

• A47C7/38

  for the head, e.g. detachable · CPC title

• B60N2/90

  Details or parts not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• F16F7/108

  on plastics springs · CPC title

• F16F2222/08

  Inertia · CPC title