Rear-Seat Folding Head Restraint

This rear seat, folding head restraint eliminates a welded steel structure and replaces it with a single-piece, living hinge plastic core as its main structural component. As a result, thickness is reduced 33 mm for improved comfort and rear visibility; mass is reduced 624 g/vehicle; manufacturing complexity is significantly reduced (eliminating the need for special tooling processes thanks to consolidation of 5 parts into 1); tooling costs are lowered; and piece price is reduced $1.50 USD/vehicle, while still meeting or exceeding all global safety requirements.

OEM/Vehicle Ford Motor Co. 2015 Ford F-150 System Supplier Windsor Machine Group Material Processor Hawk Plastics Ltd.

Material Supplier ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Resin Expol Enhance PP7855E1 PP Tooling/Equipment Supplier IRC Engineering

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