Head-rest of a vehicle seat

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8857904
APP PUB NO 20130278028A1
SERIAL NO

13919183

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A head-rest of a vehicle seat with a deformable central supporting body which forms an impact zone for the head of a vehicle occupant and into which the kinetic energy of the head in the event of an accident is admitted. On both sides of the impact zone the central supporting bodies are joined by lateral supporting surfaces which are extendable out of the plane of the head-rest in the direction of travel in order to laterally support the head. In order to avoid or at least to reduce the risk of a cervical-spine whiplash injury, it is proposed according to the invention that the head-rest comprises a device for absorbing the energy admitted into the central supporting body and for outputting the absorbed energy in order to activate lateral supporting surfaces.

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UNIVERSITAET DES SAARLANDESCAMPUS SAARBRUECKEN SAARBRUECKEN 66123
HOCHSCHULE FRESENIUSLIMBURGER STRASSE 2 IDSTEIN D-65510
FACHHOCHSCHULE KAISERSLAUTERNMORLAUTERER STRASSE 31 KAISERSLAUTERN D-67657

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ehmer, Susanne Herxheim, DE 1 15
Felder, Hanno Saarbruecken, DE 1 15
Gaeng, Lutz-Achim Heilbronn, DE 1 15
Goutier, Ralf Pirmasens, DE 1 15
Kalka, Frank Saarlouis, DE 1 15
Klein, Frank Reisbach, DE 24 173
Krick, Christoph Hornburg, DE 1 15
Meyer, Stefan Breitfurt, DE 85 767
Muench, Peter Goetzenbruck, FR 18 56
Otte, Michael Zweibruecken, DE 6 58
Schaal, Benjamin Zweibruecken, DE 6 20
Schatke, Paul Zweibruecken, DE 1 15
Schlueter, Sebastian Zweibruecken, DE 1 15
Waiz, Vera Zweibruecken, DE 1 15
Zimmer, Markus Neunkirchen, DE 11 62

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