US 11,850,986 B2
Headrest and vehicle seat
Katsuhiko Sasaki, Tokyo (JP); Xuandong Jin, Tokyo (JP); Takahide Kirihara, Tokyo (JP); Naotake Hashimoto, Tokyo (JP); and Tsutomu Hoshi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TACHI-S CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/415,427
Filed by TACHI-S CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/049678
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/130050, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-237300 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063464 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/888 (2018.01); B60N 2/803 (2018.01)
CPC B60N 2/888 (2018.02) [B60N 2/803 (2018.02)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A headrest of a vehicle seat comprising:
a headrest frame formed of at least one plate and fixed to a seat back frame of the vehicle seat;
a pad covering the headrest frame; and
a cover covering the pad,
wherein a lower edge of the plate of the headrest is directly fixed to the seat back frame,
wherein an abutting portion is provided at a lower portion of the headrest frame, the lower portion being disposed proximal to a seat back frame, the abutting portion serving as a fulcrum when an upper portion of the headrest is deflected in a vehicle collision, and
wherein the abutting portion is located rearer of the headrest than an upper portion of the headrest frame, the upper portion being disposed distal to the seat back frame.