US4411470A
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Supporting device of a head rest for a vehicle seat
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1980-11-19
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Granted: 1983-10-25
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Expires: 2000-11-19
Abstract
Abstract A supporting device (8) of a vehicle seat head rest (4) includes a retainer (6, 40) provided with a spring (10, 21, 44) which surrounds a supporting rod (5) of the head rest and resiliently engages therewith to support the head rest (4) at a desired height which can be adjusted in a stepless manner. The frictional retaining force of the spring can be released by an operating member (11, 20, 40) when the height of the head rest is to be adjusted. A cylindrical guide member (7, 41) serves to guide the adjusting movement of the supporting rod (5).
Inventors
- 👤 Shinichi Nishimura
- 👤 Yoshinori Akiyama
- 👤 Yoshiaki Hoshika
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 20:06
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/80; B60N2/806; B60N2/809; B60N2/812; B60N2/821; B60N2/824; B60N2/815; B60N2/897
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A head rest supporting device of a vehicle seat, in which the head rest is provided with a supporting rod which is supported by a frame of a seat back of the seat such that the height of the supporting rod can be adjusted, comprising in combination: a guide member secured to the frame of the seat back and having a longitudinally extending bore which guides a vertical adjusting movement of the supporting rod; and a retainer supported by the frame of the seat back and including a friction member which is resiliently urged against the outer surface of the supporting rod so as to vertically retain the head rest at a desired adjusted height, and an operating member which releases the friction member from the supporting rod permitting the adjusting movement of the supporting rod said friction member comprising a spring which surrounds the supporting rod in disengagement therefrom, and is compressed by the operating member radially inwardly to be frictionally engaged with the supporting rod, said operating member being adapted to maintain the spring in the compressed condition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A head rest supporting device of a vehicle seat, in which the head rest is provided with a supporting rod which is supported by a frame of a seat back of the seat such that the height of the supporting rod can be adjusted, comprising in combination: a guide member secured to the frame of the seat back and having a longitudinally extending bore which guides a vertical adjusting movement of the supporting rod; and a retainer supported by the frame of the seat back and including a friction member which is resiliently urged against the outer surface of the supporting rod so as to vertically retain the head rest at a desired adjusted height, and an operating member which releases the friction member from the supporting rod permitting the adjusting movement of the supporting rod said friction member comprising a spring which surrounds the supporting rod in disengagement therefrom, and is compressed by the operating member radially inwardly to be frictionally engaged with the supporting rod, said operating member being adapted to maintain the spring in the compressed condition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
166 words
A head rest supporting device of a vehicle seat, in which the head rest is provided with a supporting rod which is in turn supported by a frame forming a seat back such that the height of the supporting rod can be adjusted, comprising in combination: a guide member secured to the frame of the seat back and having a longitudinally extending bore which guides the vertical adjustable movement of the supporting rod; a retainer supported by the frame of the seat back and including a friction member which is resiliently urged against the outer surface of the supporting rod so as to vertically retain the head rest at a desired adjusted height; and releasing means to disengage the friction member from the supporting rod thereby permitting adjustable movement of the supporting rod, said friction member comprising a spring which surrounds the supporting rod in frictional engagement therewith and is expandable radially outwardly to be disengaged from the supporting rod by pushing inwardly the releasing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
166 words
A head rest supporting device of a vehicle seat, in which the head rest is provided with a supporting rod which is in turn supported by a frame forming a seat back such that the height of the supporting rod can be adjusted, comprising in combination: a guide member secured to the frame of the seat back and having a longitudinally extending bore which guides the vertical adjustable movement of the supporting rod; a retainer supported by the frame of the seat back and including a friction member which is resiliently urged against the outer surface of the supporting rod so as to vertically retain the head rest at a desired adjusted height; and releasing means to disengage the friction member from the supporting rod thereby permitting adjustable movement of the supporting rod, said friction member comprising a spring which surrounds the supporting rod in frictional engagement therewith and is expandable radially outwardly to be disengaged from the supporting rod by pushing inwardly the releasing means.
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