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US 10,053,164 B2Granted
Vehicle with round passenger compartment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a wall having a cylindrical shape and surrounding a passenger compartment. The vehicle includes a table in the passenger compartment, a circular track fixed in the compartment and extending around the table, and a plurality of seats mounted to and independently slidable along the track.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a wall having a cylindrical shape and surrounding a passenger compartment;
- a table in the passenger compartment;
- a circular track fixed in the compartment and extending around the table;
- a plurality of seats mounted to and independently slidable along the track;
- and
- a door slidable along an exterior of the wall.
3 more elements
A vehicle comprising:
- a wall having a cylindrical shape and surrounding a passenger compartment;
- a table in the passenger compartment;
- a circular track fixed in the compartment and extending around the table;
- a plurality of seats mounted to and independently slidable along the track;
- and
- a base supporting the wall;
- wherein the wall includes a plurality of wall segments arranged circumferentially about the passenger compartment;
- and
- the wall segments are rotatable radially outward and downward relative to the base.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a wall having a cylindrical shape and surrounding a passenger compartment;
- a table in the passenger compartment;
- a circular track fixed in the compartment and extending around the table;
- a plurality of seats mounted to and independently slidable along the track;
- a vehicle frame;
- and
- a floor supported on the vehicle frame;
- wherein the floor supports the wall and is rotatable relative to the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.