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US 11,027,639 B2Granted
Automobile
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKeiko Nagatomi, Noritaka Toyama, Atsuko Kobayashi, Keisuke Ito
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Abstract
An automobile, includes: a table stowed at a ceiling of a vehicle cabin; and a table raising and lowering apparatus configured to, resulting from a predetermined operation, raise and lower the table between a usage position at a seat front side of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat and a stowage position at which the table is stowed at the ceiling.
Claims20
An automobile, comprising:
- a table stowed at and coupled to a ceiling of a vehicle cabin;
- and
- a table raising and lowering apparatus configured to, resulting from a predetermined operation, raise and lower the table between a usage position at a seat front side of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat and a stowage position at which the table is stowed at the ceiling.
An automobile, comprising:
- a table stowed at a ceiling of a vehicle cabin;
- a table raising and lowering apparatus configured to, resulting from a predetermined operation, raise and lower the table between a usage position at a seat front side of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat and a stowage position at which the table is stowed at the ceiling;
- an operation apparatus that causes driving of the table raising and lowering apparatus;
- and
- a seat movement apparatus that moves the vehicle seat in a seat front-rear direction,
- wherein the table raising and lowering apparatus is configured to be driven and the table is raised or lowered in response to the operation apparatus being operated,
- wherein, in response to the operation apparatus being operated, the seat movement apparatus is configured to move the vehicle seat toward a seat rear before the table raising and lowering apparatus lowers the table from the stowage position to the usage position.
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An automobile, comprising:
- a table stowed at a ceiling of a vehicle cabin;
- a table raising and lowering apparatus configured to, resulting from a predetermined operation, raise and lower the table between a usage position at a seat front side of a vehicle occupant seated on a vehicle seat and a stowage position at which the table is stowed at the ceiling;
- and
- a seat movement apparatus that moves the vehicle seat in a seat front-rear direction, wherein:
- the automobile is capable of autonomous driving;
- and
- the table can be lowered from the stowage position to the usage position only when the automobile is halted or during fully autonomous driving.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.