US 12,403,806 B2
Head restraint for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat
Thomas Dillinger, Ratingen (DE)
Assigned to Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Appl. No. 18/264,441
Filed by Adient US LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/051320
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/175806, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 103 644.5 (DE), filed on Feb. 16, 2021; and application No. 10 2021 112 215.5 (DE), filed on May 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101009 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); B60N 2/42 (2006.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01); B60N 2/879 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/879 (2018.02) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headrest for a vehicle seat, comprising:
a headrest carrier,
a first loudspeaker unit and at least one second loudspeaker unit, wherein the first loudspeaker unit and the at least one second loudspeaker unit are carried by the headrest carrier, the headrest further having a trim element and a cover,
wherein the trim element covers the headrest carrier, the first loudspeaker unit and the at least one second loudspeaker unit in the direction of an abutment face, and the cover covers the headrest carrier, the first loudspeaker unit and the at least one second loudspeaker unit in a direction counter to the abutment face,
wherein the trim element, the headrest carrier and the cover are configured in such a manner that a sound, which is generated by the first loudspeaker unit, can be output from the headrest to an external environment of the headrest in a substantially non-damped manner.