WO2002058959A1 - A vehicle seat - Google Patents

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WO2002058959A1
WO2002058959A1 PCT/SE2002/000101 SE0200101W WO02058959A1 WO 2002058959 A1 WO2002058959 A1 WO 2002058959A1 SE 0200101 W SE0200101 W SE 0200101W WO 02058959 A1 WO02058959 A1 WO 02058959A1
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headrest
vehicle seat
support rod
joint
seat according
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Yngve Håland
Anders Svantesson
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Autoliv Development Ab
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Priority to US10/466,596 priority Critical patent/US6938953B2/en
Priority to DE60201884T priority patent/DE60201884T2/en
Priority to EP02715941A priority patent/EP1353820B1/en
Priority to JP2002559271A priority patent/JP3959635B2/en
Publication of WO2002058959A1 publication Critical patent/WO2002058959A1/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/80—Head-rests
    • B60N2/888—Head-rests with arrangements for protecting against abnormal g-forces, e.g. by displacement of the head-rest
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/80—Head-rests
    • B60N2/806—Head-rests movable or adjustable
    • B60N2/838—Tiltable

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  • THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to a vehicle seat.
  • the headrest will impart a substantial forward acceleration to the head of the driver as the torso of the driver moves rearwardly into the seat- back, which may serve to increase the risk of the driver being injured.
  • the present invention seeks to provide an improved vehicle seat.
  • a vehicle seat having a headrest mounted on the backrest of the seat, there being a mechanism adapted to move the headrest forwardly relative to the backrest in response to a rear impact situation, there being means operatively located between the headrest and the mechanism adapted to yield when exposed to a force in excess of a predetermined force to limit the force applied to the headrest by said mechanism and thus to limit the force that can be applied by the headrest to a head to be a maximum of 200 Newtons.
  • the headrest is pivotally mounted on the backrest of the seat and is moved forward in response to pressure applied to a pressure plate within the back of the seat.
  • the headrest is mounted on the upper part of at least one support rod which is pivotally mounted on the backrest of the seat and wherein the pressure plate is on the lower part of the support rod, the said means comprising a yieldable joint between the upper and lower parts of the support rod.
  • the joint comprises a sleeve interconnecting separate upper and lower parts of the support rod.
  • the said means comprise a plastically deformable member.
  • said means comprise a resiliently deformable member.
  • the joint is a pivotal joint with an associated plastically deformable link, the link being connected to the upper and lower parts of the support rod to maintain the joint in an initial condition and which can yield to permit the joint to bend.
  • the yieldable joint is a deformed part of the support rod between the upper and lower parts thereof.
  • a blocking element or latch is provided to lock the headrest in a forward position after the forward movement has been effected.
  • Preferably means are provided to permit rearward movement of the headrest with an energy absorbing effect after said locking.
  • support rod is used to mean any support element, regardless of the precise shape or cross section thereof.
  • FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic side view of the essential parts of a vehicle seat in accordance with the invention and an occupant of the seat in a first condition
  • FIGURE 2 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 showing the essential parts of the seat and the occupant in a second condition
  • FIGURE 3 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 showing the essential parts of the seat and the occupant in a further condition
  • FIGURE 4 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 showing the essential parts of the seat and the occupant in a -further condition
  • FIGURE 5 is an enlarged view of part of one embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGURE 6 is an enlarged view of part of another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGURE 7 is an enlarged view of part of another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGURE 8 is a fiirther view of the part of the embodiment shown in Figure 7 and,
  • FIGURE 9 is a diagrammatic view of part of a modified embodiment of the invention.
  • a vehicle seat has a backrest 1, which is shown in phantom in Figure 1 but which is omitted from the remaining drawings.
  • a headrest 2 mounted on the backrest 1 is a headrest 2.
  • the headrest is supported by the upper part of one or two generally upright support rods 3. ( Only one rod is shown in the drawings.)
  • the or each support rod is pivotally connected, by a pivotal connection 4, to the frame member provided in the backrest 1.
  • the connection 4 may include a biasing spring which biases the headrest with a clockwise rotation (as seen in Figure 1) to the position shown in Figure 1.
  • the support rod includes a lower part 5 that extends below the pivotal connection 4 within the backrest of the seat, where it is connected to a pressure plate 6 that is adapted to move rearwardly, within the seat back, when the torso of an occupant 7 of the seat moves rearwardly, relative to the back of the seat in a rear impact situation.
  • FIG. 3 the occupant of the seat is shown in an initial position with his head 8 immediately in front of the headrest 2, with no space between the head and the headrest. If a rear impact occurs while the seat occupant is in this position a rearward force is applied to the pressure plate 6, tending to rotate the combination of the pressure plate 6 and the headrest 2 in an anti-clockwise direction. A force is thus applied to the headrest, and the headrest applies a force to the head.
  • the upper part of the support rod is connected to the lower part of the support rod by a relatively weak, and thus yieldable, joint 9, which in the embodiment illustrated is beneath the pivotal connection 4.
  • the joint is designed to yield when the force applied by the headrest to the head (and thus when the equal and opposite force is applied by the head to the headrest) exceeds a predetermined limit.
  • the maximum value of the limit is 200 Newtons, and a more preferred value is 100 Newtons.
  • Figure 5 shows one embodiment of the invention where the upper part 3 and the lower part 5 of the support rod are separate elements of generally cylindrical or rod-like form which are interconnected by a sleeve 10 which engages the adjacent ends of the parts 3 and 5 of the support rod.
  • the sleeve may be of a yieldable material, and may be of metal or plastics or rubber.
  • the tube will yield resiliently. The tube will absorb energy while yielding, and will return to its initial condition automatically when the accident situation has finished.
  • the tube may yield plastically, so that, once the sleeve has yielded it maintains its new configuration.
  • FIG. 6 shows a further embodiment of the invention in which the upper part 3 of the support rod is pivotally connected to the lower part 5 of the support rod by a pivotal connection 13.
  • Figures 7 and 8 show another embodiment in which the support rod is of tubular form, but a region of the support rod between the upper part 3 and the lower part 5 has been substantially flattened, for example by compressing the support rod between two presses that exert a force between two small opposed circular areas 20 on opposite sides of the rod.
  • the deformed region will constitute a weakened yieldable joint between the upper part 3 and the lower part 5 of the support rod.
  • the yieldable joint will yield within a plastic deformation.
  • a blocking element or latch arrangement may be provided to lock the headrest in a forward position when the headrest has been moved forwardly in the manner described above during a rear impact, and the blocking element or latch may operate regardless of whether the yieldable joint in the support rod has or has not yielded.
  • the blocking element or latch may be in the form of a spring biased ratchet 21 contained within a bearing housing 22 of the pivotal connection 4 as shown in Figure 9, which can act on a serrated part 23 of the pivotal connection 4 after it has executed a predetermined movement.
  • a mechanism may be provided to release the blocking element or latch to permit the headrest to return to its initial position following conclusion of the rear impact.
  • the blocking mechanism or latch may, however, be modified so that when the blocking member or latch has been actuated, for example when the headrest has moved forwardly by a predetermined amount, the headrest may move rearwardly with a load limiting or energy absorbing effect - at least with a predetermined distance of movement.
  • the housing 22 may itself rotate or move against a resistive force that provides a load limiting effect, or the support rods 3 may be yieldable.

Abstract

A vehicle seat has a back-rest (1) carrying a head-rest (2). A mechanism is provided to move the head-rest (2) forwardly relative to the back-rest (1) in response to a rear impact situation. An element (9) is operatively located between the head-rest (2) and the mechanism (6) which is adapted to yield when exposed to a force in excess of a predetermined force. Thus the force that can be applied by the head-rest (2) to a head (8) of an occupant of the seat, is limited to be a maximum of 200 Newtons, with the preferred value being 100 Newtons.

Description

"A VEHICLE SEAT"
THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to a vehicle seat.
It has been proposed in US 5378043 to provide a vehicle seat with a headrest that moves forwardly in the event that a rear impact should occur to mmirnise the risk of whiplash injuries occurring. The headrest is mounted on upright support bars that are pivotally connected to the upper part of the frame of the backrest of the seat, and which are also connected to a pressure plate which is within the backrest of the seat. In a rear impact situation, when the driver is in a typical position with his head spaced in front of the headrest, initially the torso of the driver will move rearwardly pressing his torso into the backrest of the seat and the pressure plate will thus move rearwardly causing the headrest to move forwardly to 'catch' the head of the driver. The head and torso will then be accelerated at the same rate, thus mmmiising the risk of whiplash injury.
If, however, the head of the driver is close to the headrest when the rear impact occurs, the headrest will impart a substantial forward acceleration to the head of the driver as the torso of the driver moves rearwardly into the seat- back, which may serve to increase the risk of the driver being injured. The present invention seeks to provide an improved vehicle seat.
According to this invention there is provided a vehicle seat having a headrest mounted on the backrest of the seat, there being a mechanism adapted to move the headrest forwardly relative to the backrest in response to a rear impact situation, there being means operatively located between the headrest and the mechanism adapted to yield when exposed to a force in excess of a predetermined force to limit the force applied to the headrest by said mechanism and thus to limit the force that can be applied by the headrest to a head to be a maximum of 200 Newtons.
Preferably the headrest is pivotally mounted on the backrest of the seat and is moved forward in response to pressure applied to a pressure plate within the back of the seat.
Conveniently the headrest is mounted on the upper part of at least one support rod which is pivotally mounted on the backrest of the seat and wherein the pressure plate is on the lower part of the support rod, the said means comprising a yieldable joint between the upper and lower parts of the support rod.
In one embodiment the joint comprises a sleeve interconnecting separate upper and lower parts of the support rod.
Preferably the said means comprise a plastically deformable member.
Alternatively said means comprise a resiliently deformable member. In another embodiment the joint is a pivotal joint with an associated plastically deformable link, the link being connected to the upper and lower parts of the support rod to maintain the joint in an initial condition and which can yield to permit the joint to bend.
In a further embodiment the yieldable joint is a deformed part of the support rod between the upper and lower parts thereof.
Conveniently a blocking element or latch is provided to lock the headrest in a forward position after the forward movement has been effected.
Preferably means are provided to permit rearward movement of the headrest with an energy absorbing effect after said locking.
In this specification the term support rod is used to mean any support element, regardless of the precise shape or cross section thereof.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood, and so that --urther features thereof may be appreciated, the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic side view of the essential parts of a vehicle seat in accordance with the invention and an occupant of the seat in a first condition,
FIGURE 2 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 showing the essential parts of the seat and the occupant in a second condition, FIGURE 3 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 showing the essential parts of the seat and the occupant in a further condition,
FIGURE 4 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 showing the essential parts of the seat and the occupant in a -further condition,
FIGURE 5 is an enlarged view of part of one embodiment of the invention,
FIGURE 6 is an enlarged view of part of another embodiment of the invention,
FIGURE 7 is an enlarged view of part of another embodiment of the invention,
FIGURE 8 is a fiirther view of the part of the embodiment shown in Figure 7 and,
FIGURE 9 is a diagrammatic view of part of a modified embodiment of the invention.
Referring initially to Figure 1 a vehicle seat has a backrest 1, which is shown in phantom in Figure 1 but which is omitted from the remaining drawings. Mounted on the backrest 1 is a headrest 2. The headrest is supported by the upper part of one or two generally upright support rods 3. ( Only one rod is shown in the drawings.) The or each support rod is pivotally connected, by a pivotal connection 4, to the frame member provided in the backrest 1. The connection 4 may include a biasing spring which biases the headrest with a clockwise rotation (as seen in Figure 1) to the position shown in Figure 1.
The support rod includes a lower part 5 that extends below the pivotal connection 4 within the backrest of the seat, where it is connected to a pressure plate 6 that is adapted to move rearwardly, within the seat back, when the torso of an occupant 7 of the seat moves rearwardly, relative to the back of the seat in a rear impact situation.
As shown in Figure 1 the occupant 7 has an initial position with his head 8 spaced in front of the headrest 2. In a rear impact situation the torso of the occupant will move relative to the backrest and will engage the pressure plate 6 to move the headrest with an anti-clockwise rotation against the bias provided by the biasing spring to the position shown in Figure 2 in which it 'catches' the head of the occupant 7 to minimise the risk of whiplash injury.
Referring now to Figure 3 the occupant of the seat is shown in an initial position with his head 8 immediately in front of the headrest 2, with no space between the head and the headrest. If a rear impact occurs while the seat occupant is in this position a rearward force is applied to the pressure plate 6, tending to rotate the combination of the pressure plate 6 and the headrest 2 in an anti-clockwise direction. A force is thus applied to the headrest, and the headrest applies a force to the head.
It is to be understood that in the described embodiments of the invention the upper part of the support rod is connected to the lower part of the support rod by a relatively weak, and thus yieldable, joint 9, which in the embodiment illustrated is beneath the pivotal connection 4. The joint is designed to yield when the force applied by the headrest to the head (and thus when the equal and opposite force is applied by the head to the headrest) exceeds a predetermined limit. The maximum value of the limit is 200 Newtons, and a more preferred value is 100 Newtons. As a consequence the acceleration that will be imparted to a typical head, having a weight of 5 kg will be 4 g or less, and the risk of injury being caused by rapid forward acceleration of the head is minimised.
As can be seen in Figure 4 the yieldable joint has deformed, and thus the pressure plate 6 is able to move rearwardly without a substantial forward movement of the headrest 2. The yieldable joint is adapted to yield when a force is applied which is in excess of a predetermined force.
Figure 5 shows one embodiment of the invention where the upper part 3 and the lower part 5 of the support rod are separate elements of generally cylindrical or rod-like form which are interconnected by a sleeve 10 which engages the adjacent ends of the parts 3 and 5 of the support rod. The sleeve may be of a yieldable material, and may be of metal or plastics or rubber. In one embodiment of the invention the tube will yield resiliently. The tube will absorb energy while yielding, and will return to its initial condition automatically when the accident situation has finished. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the tube may yield plastically, so that, once the sleeve has yielded it maintains its new configuration. The tube will absorb energy as it yields, and there is no risk that the headrest will move forwardly again under resilient forces which might give a "bouncing" effect with the head of the seat occupant. The ends of the parts 3 and 5 of the support rod are provided with dimples or apertures 11, or even with a circumferential groove, and the sleeve is provided with corresponding dimples 12 which engage the formations on the parts 3 and 5 of the support rod so that the sleeve secures the two parts of the support rod together to form the yieldable joint 9. Figure 6 shows a further embodiment of the invention in which the upper part 3 of the support rod is pivotally connected to the lower part 5 of the support rod by a pivotal connection 13. An apertured lug 14 projects from the upper part 3 and a corresponding apertured lug 15 extends, in alignment with the lug 14, from the lower part 5. An arcuate link 16 is pivotally connected to the lug 14 by a pin 17 and to the lower lug 15 by a pin 18. The edge of the central part of the link 16 is recessed 19, so that the link is inherently weak. If a substantial force is applied, tending to move the upper end of the upper support rod part 3 and the lower end of the lower support rod part 5 towards the right as shown in Figure 6 the link 16 will buckle when a predetermined threshold of force is exceeded, so that the pivot 13 then acts as a yielding joint. The link will be plastically deformed, whilst absorbing energy. The link 16 thus acts to maintain the join in an initial condition but is adapted to yield to permit the joint to bend.
Figures 7 and 8 show another embodiment in which the support rod is of tubular form, but a region of the support rod between the upper part 3 and the lower part 5 has been substantially flattened, for example by compressing the support rod between two presses that exert a force between two small opposed circular areas 20 on opposite sides of the rod. When the rod has been deformed in this way the deformed region will constitute a weakened yieldable joint between the upper part 3 and the lower part 5 of the support rod. When subjected to a predetermined force the yieldable joint will yield within a plastic deformation.
In embodiments of the invention a blocking element or latch arrangement may be provided to lock the headrest in a forward position when the headrest has been moved forwardly in the manner described above during a rear impact, and the blocking element or latch may operate regardless of whether the yieldable joint in the support rod has or has not yielded. The blocking element or latch may be in the form of a spring biased ratchet 21 contained within a bearing housing 22 of the pivotal connection 4 as shown in Figure 9, which can act on a serrated part 23 of the pivotal connection 4 after it has executed a predetermined movement. A mechanism may be provided to release the blocking element or latch to permit the headrest to return to its initial position following conclusion of the rear impact. The blocking mechanism or latch may, however, be modified so that when the blocking member or latch has been actuated, for example when the headrest has moved forwardly by a predetermined amount, the headrest may move rearwardly with a load limiting or energy absorbing effect - at least with a predetermined distance of movement. Thus the housing 22 may itself rotate or move against a resistive force that provides a load limiting effect, or the support rods 3 may be yieldable.
In the present Specification "comprises" means "includes or consists of and "comprising" means "including or consisting of.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat having a headrest mounted on the backrest of the seat, there being a mechanism adapted to move the headrest forwardly relative to the backrest in response to a rear impact situation, there being means operatively located between the headrest and the mechanism adapted to yield when exposed to a force in excess of a predetermined force to limit the force applied to the headrest by said mechanism and thus to limit the force that can be applied by the headrest to a head to be a maximum of 200 Newtons.
2. A vehicle seat according to Claim 1 wherein the headrest is pivotally mounted on the backrest of the seat and is moved forward in response to pressure applied to a pressure plate within the back of the seat.
3. A vehicle seat according to Claim 2 wherein the headrest is mounted on the upper part of at least one support rod which is pivotally mounted on the backrest of the seat and wherein the pressure plate is on the lower part of the support rod, the said means comprising a yieldable joint between the upper and lower parts of the support rod.
4. A vehicle seat according to Claim 3 wherein the joint comprises a sleeve interconnecting separate upper and lower parts of the support rod.
5. A vehicle seat according to any one of the preceding Claims wherein the said means comprise a plastically deformable member.
6. A vehicle seat according to any one of Claims 1 to 4 wherein the said means comprise a resiliently deformable member.
7. A vehicle seat according to Claim 3 wherein the joint is a pivotal joint with an associated plastically deformable link, the link being connected to the upper and lower parts of the support rod to maintain the joint in an initial condition and which can yield to permit the joint to bend.
8. A vehicle seat according to Claim 3 wherein the yieldable joint is a deformed part of the support rod between the upper and lower parts thereof.
9. A vehicle seat according to any one of the preceding Claims wherein a blocking element or latch is provided to lock the headrest in a forward position after the forward movement has been effected.
10. A vehicle seat according to Claim 9 wherein means are provided to permit rearward movement of the headrest with an energy absorbing effect after said locking.
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