A seat back assembly and method of manufacture is provided. The seat back includes a foam cushion layer. A support sub-assembly is formed including a rigid support layer with a plurality of cavities and channels defined on a rear surface for receiving components and a generally smooth front surface. At least one component is retained in one of the cavities and a second component is secured on the front surface of the support layer. A trim material covers the cushion layer and secures the sub-assembly to the seat back.

Disclosed is a positioning device for a vehicular seat that is configured to enable a driver or occupant to adjust a position of a headrest according to a body type or posture, so that the driver can drive a vehicle in a comfortable position, as well as minimizing an injury to cervical vertebrae in a car accident.

Disclosed is a positioning device for a vehicular seat that is configured to enable a driver or occupant to adjust a position of a headrest according to a body type or posture, so that the driver can drive a vehicle in a comfortable position, as well as minimizing an injury to cervical vertebrae in a car accident.

There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback frame of a seatback that supports a back area of a vehicle occupant, the seatback frame including: a left and right pair of side frame portions spaced apart in a seat width direction; and an upper frame portion that joins between end portions, at a seat upper side, of the left and right pair of side frame portions in the seat width direction, a headrest that supports a head area of the vehicle occupant being supported at the upper frame portion; and a plastic deformation portion provided at the upper frame portion, the plastic deformation portion being plastically deformed and moving at least a portion of the upper frame portion toward a seat rear side together with the headrest, when a load toward the seat rear side that exceeds a predetermined value is applied to the plastic deformation portion.

A multi-direction power actuated head restraint assembly includes a head restraint mountable to a vehicle seat. The head restraint assembly also includes a fore-aft power actuation mechanism including a fore-aft electric motor to adjust a fore-aft position of the head restraint, the fore-aft electric motor programmed to adjust the fore-aft position at a first fore-aft speed during manual adjustment of the head restraint and at a second fore-aft speed upon detection of an imminent impact by an impact detection system, the second fore-aft speed greater than the first fore-aft speed.

Described are headrest assemblies having at least one moveable member that is movable to reconfigure the headrest between: an opened arrangement in which a recess sized for receiving a ponytail or bun of hair is defined between portions of a head-receiving surface of the headrest; and a closed arrangement in which the recess is reduced or eliminated by edges of two members of the headrest being in abutment or adjacent to one another.

Described are headrest assemblies having at least one moveable member that is movable to reconfigure the headrest between: an opened arrangement in which a recess sized for receiving a ponytail or bun of hair is defined between portions of a head-receiving surface of the headrest; and a closed arrangement in which the recess is reduced or eliminated by edges of two members of the headrest being in abutment or adjacent to one another.

Described are headrest assemblies having at least one moveable member that is movable to reconfigure the headrest between: an opened arrangement in which a recess sized for receiving a ponytail or bun of hair is defined between portions of a head-receiving surface of the headrest; and a closed arrangement in which the recess is reduced or eliminated by edges of two members of the headrest being in abutment or adjacent to one another.

A vehicle seat includes a head restraint with a head restraint support connected to a vehicle seat back and the head restraint is configurable in a stowed configuration having a size that is smaller than a deployed configuration.

A vehicle seat includes a head restraint with a head restraint support connected to a vehicle seat back and the head restraint is configurable in a stowed configuration having a size that is smaller than a deployed configuration.