Fastening arrangement, headrest and assembly method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9469226-B2
Application number	US-201314410795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2013
Priority date	Jun 27, 2012
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

A fastening arrangement ( 1 ) for a headrest, in particular for a vehicle seat has a main body ( 2 ) which is intended to hold a head-supporting part. The main body can be fixed to a retaining rod ( 4 ) by a fastening element ( 6 ). The fastening element ( 6 ) is integrally connected to the main body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fastening arrangement for a headrest for a vehicle seat, the fastening arrangement comprising:
a base body, provided for supporting a head contact part;
a support rod;
a fastening element, wherein the base body is attachable to the support rod by means of the fastening element, wherein the fastening element is integrally connected in one piece with the base body, the fastening element comprising a mounting bracket pivotable around a pivot axis relative to the base body, wherein the mounting bracket is pivotable into a released state, in which the base body and the support rod are prepositioned relative to each other, and into a locked state, in which the base body and the support rod are fixed to each other by the mounting bracket, the base body having at least two differently designed indentations provided for interlocking admission of at least a partial area of the support rod, wherein the support rod can be arranged in the released state in one of the two indentations and in the locked state fixed in said one of the two indentations by the mounting bracket, wherein the support rod is one of two differently designed and modular interchangeable support rods.

2. A fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting bracket comprises at least one locking element and the base body comprises at least one counter-locking element, wherein the locking element and the counter-locking element are interlocked in the locked state.

3. A fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the base body comprises at least one through-opening for receiving the support rod, wherein the support rod is insertable through the through-opening in the released state and fixed inside the through-opening by the mounting bracket in the locked state.

4. A fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein in the locked state, a horizontal portion of the support rod is locked in an interlocking and/or force-fitted manner between the mounting bracket and the base body.

5. A fastening arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein a pivot axis of the mounting bracket runs parallel to the horizontal portion of the support rod.

6. A fastening arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting bracket is attached by means of a film hinge in a pivotable manner to the base body, wherein the base body, the film hinge and the mounting bracket are made integrally in one piece from plastic material.

7. A headrest comprising:
a fastening arrangement comprising:
a base body;
a support rod;
a fastening element, wherein the base body is attachable to the support rod by means of the fastening element, wherein the fastening element is integrally connected in one piece with the base body; and
a head contact part, wherein the support rod comprises a retaining bracket, wherein the base body is attached to the retaining bracket in a fixed manner by means of the fastening element, the fastening element comprising a mounting bracket pivotable around a pivot axis relative to the base body, wherein the mounting bracket is pivotable into a released state, in which the base body and the support rod are prepositioned relative to each other, and into a locked state, in which the base body and the support rod are fixed to each other by the mounting bracket, the base body having at least one indentation provided for interlocking admission of at least a partial area of the support rod, wherein the support rod can be arranged in the released state in the indentation and in the locked state fixed in the indentation by the mounting bracket, the base body having at least two differently designed indentations, provided for interlocking a respective part of two differently designed and modular interchangeable support rods.

8. A method for assembling a fastening arrangement for a headrest, the method comprising the steps of:
in a first assembly step a base body and a support rod are prepositioned relative to each other; and
in a second assembly step the base body and the support rod are fixed relative to each other, and in the second assembly step, a mounting bracket is pivoted around a pivot axis relative to the base body from a released state, in which the base body and the support rod are prepositioned relative to each other, into a locked state, in which the base body and the support rod are fixed to each other by the mounting bracket, the base body having at least one indentation provided for interlocking admission of at least a partial area of the support rod, wherein the support rod can be arranged in the released state in the indentation and in the locked state fixed in the indentation by the mounting bracket, the base body having at least two differently designed indentations, provided for interlocking a respective part of two differently designed and modular interchangeable support rods.

9. A method according to claim 8 , wherein in the first assembly step, the support rod is pushed into a through-opening of the base body and/or at least a part of the support rod is arranged in a recess of the base body, wherein the mounting bracket remains in a free state in the first assembly step.

Assignees

• Johnson Controls Gmbh

Inventors

• Manduzio Felix
• Morinière Christophe

Classifications

• B60N2/48 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• Y10T29/49828

  Progressively advancing of work assembly station or assembled portion of work · CPC title

• B60N2/80 Primary

  Head-rests · CPC title

• B60N2/882 Primary

  detachable · CPC title

• A47C7/38

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