Patent ID: 8016350
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: B60N,F41H

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat for use in military vehicles for providing increased protection to a helmeted or unhelmeted military or military support person seated thereon, comprising: (a) a seat portion for supporting said person when seated thereupon, said seat portion including a layer of high input energy absorbing material; (b) a back support portion adjoined to the rear of said seat portion and extending upwardly for supporting the rearward side of the seated person; (c) said back support portion comprising a lower section for contacting and supporting the thorax and lower back of said person, and upper and lower overlying sections for being respectively positionable for restraining the helmeted or unhelmeted head and the neck region of said person from rearward acceleration imposed by impact at the vehicle; (d) said overlying sections each having a surface for contacting said seated person which is independently moveable toward and away from said seated person; (e) first motor means for moving the upper and the lower of said overlying sections into the positions for respectively restraining rearward acceleration of the helmeted or unhelmeted head and of the neck region of the seated person; (f) a sensor at each said overlying section connected to respectively sense the proximity of the adjacent helmeted or unhelmeted head and of the neck region of said person and actuate said first motor means to move said overlying sections into said positions for said restraining of rearward acceleration of the helmeted or unhelmeted head and of the neck regions of the seated person; (g) a pair of upper swivelable side portions flanking the sides of said two overlying sections; (h) second motor means for swiveling each said upper swivelable side portion into at least indirect contact against the sides of the face and the ears of said seated person; and (i) a sensor at each said upper swivelable side portion connected to sense the proximity of the said sides of the face of said seated person and actuate said second motor means to move said upper swivelable side portions into said at least indirect contact with said sides of the face.