A device configured for a vehicle for supporting and massaging a neck of a passenger is provided. The device is configured such that a neck support pad is integrally formed on a lower end portion of a headrest to hold up and support the neck of a passenger, and a massage device is mounted in the neck support pad to massage the neck of the passenger, thus stably supporting and massaging the neck of the passenger sitting on a seat.

A vehicle seat control apparatus is configured to be provided in a vehicle switchable between a manual driving state in which a driver performs a driving operation of the vehicle and an automatic driving state in which the driving operation is performed automatically. The apparatus includes a seat adjuster, a controller, and a storage. The seat adjuster adjusts a position of a seat of the vehicle. The controller drives the seat adjuster and makes a transition between the driving two states. The storage stores seat position information indicating the seat position in the the manual driving state. The controller drives the seat adjuster on a basis of the seat position information read out from the storage, and moves, by the seat adjuster, the seat rearward on a basis of the seat position in the manual driving state as a reference position, upon making a transition from the manual driving state to the automatic driving state.

A system of controlling various actuators associated with human support surfaces is disclosed. Such a system is made up of a support surface, a controller, and an actuator. The system may optionally include batteries, a means of charging the batteries, and a graphical user interface as well as a communication link between the graphical user interface and the support surfaces. The actuators are capable of altering contour and/or firmness, of a support surface, they may be vibrational or heating/cooling in nature, and they may also alter the overall relative position of a support surface to another support surface, and/or to the ground plane.

A side shield is provided for a seat frame. That side shield includes a body having a housing and an integral mounting bridge as well as a seat control switch assembly. The seat control switch assembly is held in an opening defined between the housing and the integral mounting bridge. In addition, a locator feature is carried on the integral mounting bridge. That locator feature receives a locator lug carried on the seat frame. A seat assembly is also provided.

The invention relates to a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, with an operating device for setting seat parameters, wherein the operating device comprises at least one multifunction operating element having at least one selection element, by means of which at least two operating levels can be selected, wherein the multifunction operating element is movable in at least five switching directions, wherein each switching direction can be assigned to a specific function which is associated with the selected operating level and changes a seat parameter.

The present invention relates to a headrest for a vehicle, the headrest comprising: a fixed elevating unit installed at the top end of a seat backrest and capable of being raised; a fixing shaft fixed to the fixed elevating unit and extending in a horizontal direction; a moving frame installed on the fixing shaft and including a guide rail and an automatic power transfer unit, so as to move linearly forward and backward and rotate upward and downward; a coupling main body coupled in a state enclosing the moving frame, and moving together with the moving frame; and a manually operated unit enabling the moving frame to be manually adjusted on the coupling main body. The manually operated unit is characterized by including an operating switch for electrical control so as to be capable of controlling a current flowing to the automatic power transfer unit.

A vehicle interior component providing a user interface for an occupant is disclosed. The component may comprise a base; a cover comprising a surface; an intermediate layer comprising a foam material; and a sensor to detect an electrical signal in response to input at the user interface, contact at the surface of the cover, or compression of the foam material. The foam material may comprise electrical properties, conductivity, resistance, compression-responsive electrical properties, or variation in voltage. The foam material may comprise an additive, an additive material, a conductive material, a conductive additive, conductive particles, carbon particles, carbon black particles, carbon dust, carbon particles in a substrate, or carbon particles interspersed with a non-conductive substrate. The foam material may comprise foam with conductive particles, carbon foam, carbon additive foam, polyurethane foam, or polyurethane with carbon particles. The cover may comprise a non-conductive material, leather, vinyl, textile, or fabric.

A vehicle device system for a motor vehicle, having at least one vehicle device, in particular a vehicle seat or vehicle table, and comprising a mount fastened or fastenable to a vehicle body for detachably locking the vehicle device to the vehicle body, and comprising a key-operated switch, which establishes or interrupts at least one electrical contact between the vehicle device and the vehicle depending on its switching position. It is provided that the key-operated switch is fastened on the vehicle device, which is longitudinally displaceably mounted/mountable on the mount, and interacts with a contact carriage, which is longitudinally displaceably mounted on the mount.

A magnetic seat adjustment system includes a frame structure, a movable adjustment mechanism, and a control system. The frame structure includes a first magnetic portion fixedly coupled to the frame structure and including first magnetic members that independently generate a magnetic field. The movable adjustment mechanism includes a movable base and a second magnetic portion. The second magnetic portion is fixedly coupled to the movable base and includes second magnetic members that independently generate a magnetic field. The control system controls a change in the magnetic field of the second magnetic members and/or the first magnetic members. When the magnetic field of the second magnetic members interacts with the magnetic field of the first magnetic members, the seat is in a magnetic levitation state, so that movement of the movable base drives movement of the seat.

A seat switch device performing an operation on the component of a vehicle seat according to the present invention includes an operation unit attached in a movable manner so as to be located at a plurality of operation positions. The operation unit is configured to accept an operation input when the operation unit is located at each of the operation positions as an operation on each of the component of the seat for the vehicle located corresponding to a positional relation of the operation position.