US Patent Issued to Harman International Industries on Dec. 30 for "System and method for auto-tilting headrest for vehicle audio experience" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,966, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"System and method for auto-tilting headrest for vehicle audio experience" was invented by Christian Manuel Garcia (Winnetka, Calif.) and Alfredo Fernandez Franco (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, a seat assembly is provided. The seatback receives an occupant in a vehicle. A headrest is coupled to the seatback. The headrest includes a motor, at least one sensor, and at least one controller. The motor rotates the headrest to orient an occupant's head relative to one or more loudspeakers positio...