Patent ID: 8444219
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat comprising: a seat back frame having right and left side frames; a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant installed within the vehicle seat; a rear-end collision detector mounted to the seat back frame at a position behind the seat occupant, wherein the rear-end collision detector detects rearward movement of the seat occupant and moves rearward; a link member that supports the rear-end collision detector with respect to the seat back frame; and a biasing member that biases the link member; wherein: the rear-end collision detector acts such that the rearward movement of the rear-end collision detector reduces a distance between a head of the seat occupant and the headrest; one end of the biasing member is attached to the link member; an other end of the biasing member is attached to a rear portion of the side frame and disposed posterior to the rear-end collision detector; and the one end of the biasing member is disposed above the other end of the biasing member.