US 12,226,026 B2
Headrest for a seat and seat
Dalibor Dimovski, Macomb, MI (US); James D. Biebel, Milford, MI (US); and John J. Gomez, Howell, MI (US)
Assigned to Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,222
Filed by ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH, Burscheid (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/050228
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/144190, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,972, filed on Jan. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0087430 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 7/38 (2006.01); A47C 31/12 (2006.01); B60N 2/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/868 (2018.01)
CPC A47C 7/38 (2013.01) [A47C 31/126 (2013.01); B60N 2/0244 (2013.01); B60N 2/868 (2018.02); B60N 2/0268 (2023.08)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headrest for a seat, comprising:
a headrest cushion which is mountable to the seat,
wherein the headrest cushion comprises an adjustment device which is configured to at least partially deform a front surface of the headrest cushion along at least one extending direction of the headrest cushion,
wherein the adjustment device comprises at least one array of fluid inflatable elements which are configured to push against a back of the front surface or front surface areas of the headrest cushion,
wherein each array comprises three fluid lines that run laterally along a backside of the fluid inflatable elements,
wherein each fluid line has one fluid inlet coupled to each fluid inflatable element in which it crosses.