US 11,951,062 B2
Device for vehicle for supporting and massaging passenger's neck
Baek Hee Lee, Suwon-Si (KR); Gyu Ho Chung, Yongin-Si (KR); Jong Hun Lee, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Yo Seob Lee, Incheon (KR); Hyun Kyu Park, Hwaseong-Si (KR); and Min Hyuk Kwak, Suwon-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/142,049.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0094155 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031559 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61H 15/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/18 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 15/00 (2013.01) [A61H 15/0078 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60N 2/976 (2018.02); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); A61B 5/18 (2013.01); A61H 2015/0042 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0103 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1215 (2013.01); A61H 2201/123 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1607 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1611 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1671 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5046 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5092 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0431 (2013.01); A61H 2205/04 (2013.01); A61H 2230/855 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 2360/115 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1438 (2024.01); B60R 2011/0003 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A device for supporting and massaging a neck of a passenger, the device comprising:
a neck support pad integrally formed on a lower end portion of a headrest to support the neck of the passenger;
a skeleton frame including a front frame that has guide holes on first and second sides of the front frame, a rear frame which is mounted behind the front frame to be spaced from the front frame, and wing-out frames that are rotatably mounted on the first and second sides of the front frame, the skeleton frame mounted in the neck support pad;
at least a main air cell mounted on a front of the front frame to be expanded or contracted, for supporting a rear portion of the neck of the passenger;
at least a side air cell mounted on a front of each of the wing-out frames to be expanded or contracted, for supporting a side portion of the neck of the passenger;
a lifting and driving device mounted on the rear frame to be driven when a massage mode is selected; and
a massage ball connected to the lifting and driving device to selectively protrude forwards through each of the guide holes of the front frame, and lifted when the lifting and driving device is driven to massage the neck of the passenger.
 
9. A system for supporting and massaging a neck of a passenger, the system comprising:
a neck support pad integrally formed on a lower end portion of a headrest to support the neck of the passenger;
a skeleton frame including a front frame that has guide holes on first and second sides of the front frame, a rear frame which is mounted behind the front frame to be spaced from the front frame, and wing-out frames that are rotatably mounted on the first and second sides of the front frame, the skeleton frame mounted in the neck support pad;
at least a main air cell mounted on a front of the front frame to be expanded or contracted, for supporting a rear portion of the neck of the passenger;
at least a side air cell mounted on a front of each of the wing-out frames to be expanded or contracted, thus supporting a side portion of the neck of the passenger;
a lifting and driving device mounted on the rear frame to be driven when a massage mode is selected;
a massage ball connected to the lifting and driving device to selectively protrude forwards through each of the guide holes of the front frame, and lifted when the lifting and driving device is driven to massage the neck of the passenger;
an input portion through which the passenger selects whether to massage or not and selects the massage mode;
a heart-rate measuring portion mounted at a predetermined position in a vehicle to monitor a heart rate of the passenger sitting on a seat;
a body measuring portion mounted at a predetermined position in the vehicle to measure a body size of the passenger; and
a controller configured of executing one of a plurality of modes depending on an input signal of the input portion, a monitoring signal of the heart-rate measuring portion, and a measurement signal of the body measuring portion, wherein the plurality of modes include the massage mode.