Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple stage headrest
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Application No.: US16442169Application Date: 2019-06-14
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Publication No.: US11407347B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Mikael Jarsaeter , Markus Jost , Andrew John Piper , Marcos Puerta Terron , Andrew Frank Raczkowski , Daria Di Costanzo
- Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: B60N2/888
- IPC: B60N2/888 ; B60N2/865 ; B60N2/838 ; B60N2/80

Abstract:
A headrest may be fixed relative to a seat or a bank of seats in a vehicle and can provide multiple stages of deformation in response to a collision event. The headrest can include a resilient member that deforms in response to a first force caused by the collision event. The headrest can also include a frame that deforms in a first manner in response to a second force greater than the first force and in a second manner in response to a third force greater than the second force. Such a headrest can provide improved impact mitigation for occupants, regardless of height and/or weight such that occupants ranging from the 5th to 95th percentile in height and/or weight are afforded similar impact mitigation despite a fixed headrest structure. In some examples, multiple such headrests may be conjoined.
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