Patent ID: 7992932

Claim:
A seat for a motor vehicle, comprising: a back rest; a head restraint supported above the back rest by at least one mount, the head restraint having a front part and a rear part; an actuator arranged in the seat and arranged to transmit a force imposed by an occupant in case of a rear impact of the motor vehicle from the actuator to the head restraint so that the front part of the head restraint is actuated while the rear part of the head restraint stays in place, whereas the actuator is configured to be loaded in compression and wherein the actuator moves back into an original shape as soon as the force is no longer imposed; and a Bowden cable arranged between the actuator and the head restraint, the Bowden cable being guided through the at least one mount, wherein movement of the front part of the head restraint relative to the rear part of the head restraint is translational.