Restraint, Active Head: Description

Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC

Active Head Restraint (AHR) units (1) are standard equipment for both front seating positions in this vehicle. One inertia-activated AHR unit is located atop each front seat back. Outwardly, an inertia-activated AHR appears the same as a non-active head restraint. The mechanical components (2) that articulate the inertia-activated AHR headrest pad are all concealed within the front seat back frame assembly.

At the top of the seat back frame are two stamped steel headrest guide tubes. The guide tubes are each inserted through a molded plastic fulcrum bushing installed in the upper seat back frame member and are permanently fixed to a movable stamped steel armature bracket located just below the upper frame member near the top of the seat back. The armature bracket is secured to a stamped steel pivot link at each side that pivots on a screw threaded into a mounting bracket welded to each side member of the seat back frame.

The pivot links each have a spring attached to a lever opposite the armature bracket attachment that is anchored to the seat back frame side member below, which provides the spring-loaded return action of the inertia mechanism. The upper end of the static lumbar assembly is secured at each side to the base of the armature bracket. Each side of the lower end of the lumbar assembly is engaged in a ramp bracket riveted to the lower seat back frame member.

The inertia-activated AHR linkage cannot be repaired. If damaged or ineffective, it must be replaced as a unit with a new seat back frame assembly.