Convertible vehicle interior
AssigneeFaurecia Interieur Industrie
InventorsEric Vanel, Fabrice Aycoberry, Thierry Devoulon
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Abstract
A vehicle passenger compartment that defines a vehicle interior delimited in part by a floor, the interior having at least one front row of seats that includes at least two front seats, and at least one rear row of seats that includes at least two rear seats. The front and rear rows of seats are arranged behind one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle passenger compartment, each front seat being rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the floor. Each rear seat is translatable in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the rotation axis such that the rear seats can be moved away from or closer to one another in the transverse direction.
Claims12
A vehicle passenger compartment defining a vehicle interior delimited in part by a floor, the interior further comprising at least one front row of seats comprising at least two front seats, and at least one rear row of seats comprising at least two rear seats, the front and rear rows of seats being arranged behind one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle passenger compartment on the floor, each front seat being rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the floor, wherein each rear seat is translatable in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the rotation axis such that the rear seats can be moved away from or closer to one another in said transverse direction,
- wherein the seats are movable between a first configuration, in which the rear seats are aligned with the front seats in the longitudinal direction, and a second configuration, in which the rear seats are moved in the transverse direction so as to bring them closer to one another so as to extend between the front seats such that the passengers of the front and rear seats all share a shared field of view oriented in the longitudinal direction toward the center of the dashboard.
A vehicle passenger compartment defining a vehicle interior delimited in part by a floor, the interior further comprising at least one front row of seats comprising at least two front seats, and at least one rear row of seats comprising at least two rear seats, the front and rear rows of seats being arranged behind one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle passenger compartment on the floor, each front seat being rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the floor, wherein each rear seat is translatable in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the rotation axis such that the rear seats can be moved away from or closer to one another in said transverse direction,
- the vehicle passenger compartment further comprising a support element arranged between the front seats, said support element defining an upper support surface,
- wherein the support element is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, in which the support surface is greater than the support surface in the retracted position, and
- wherein the support surface increases in the transverse direction in the extended position.
A vehicle passenger compartment defining a vehicle interior delimited in part by a floor, the interior further comprising at least one front row of seats comprising at least two front seats, and at least one rear row of seats comprising at least two rear seats, the front and rear rows of seats being arranged behind one another in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle passenger compartment on the floor, each front seat being rotatable around a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the floor, wherein each rear seat is translatable in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the rotation axis such that the rear seats can be moved away from or closer to one another in said transverse direction,
- the vehicle passenger compartment further comprising a support element arranged between the front seats, said support element defining an upper support surface,
- wherein the support element is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, in which the support surface is greater than the support surface in the retracted position, and
- wherein the movement from the retracted position to the extended position is done when the front seats are rotated around their rotation axis so as to be separated from one another.
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